Accession Number:

ADA279598

Title:

Advanced Unmanned Search System

Descriptive Note:

Professional paper

Corporate Author:

NAVAL COMMAND CONTROL AND OCEAN SURVEILLANCE CENTER RDT AND E DIV SAN DIEGO CA

Personal Author(s):

• Walton, James
• Cooke, Mike
• Uhrich, Richard

Report Date:

1993-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

9.0

Abstract:

The Advanced Unmanned Search System AUSS uses new technologies and completely new methods to locate, identify, and inspect objects on the ocean bottom at depths from 2,000 feet to 20,000 feet. AUSS achieves an order-of- magnitude improvement in the overall search rate of conventional towed, tethered, and manned systems, and it provides the capability to perform immediate and detailed optical inspection of objects found.

Descriptors:

• *UNMANNED
• *UNDERWATER NAVIGATION
• RATES
• DEPTH
• BOTTOM
• OCEAN BOTTOM
• FEET
• DEEP OCEANS
• MANNED
• OCEANS
• INSPECTION
• NAVIGATION

Subject Categories:

• Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
• Active and Passive Radar Detection and Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE