More Tools in the Toolbox: The Naval Oceanographic Office's Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS (REMUS) 6000 AUV

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Abstract:

Autonomous underwater vehicles AUVs are useful and necessary tools for modern oceanographic data collection. The Naval Oceanographic Office NAVOCEANO Ocean Projects Department has been successfully applying AUV technology since 1997. NAVOCEANOs entry into the large AUV realm was initiated with the transfer of a vehicle developed and tested at Draper Labs in 1997, named Lazarus. NAVOCEANO also teamed with Penn State Applied Research Laboratory to design and build the SEAHORSE-Class AUV, with the first of three vehicles delivered in 2001. These vehicles are powered by D-cell alkaline batteries and are mainly used to develop AUV Concept of Operations and logistic requirements. These vehicles are designed to operate under a preprogrammed set of rules and instructions with the goal of carrying out assigned missions without direct operator interaction or supervision. This concept would provide a force multiplier to other NAVOCEANO survey assets. However, for AUVs to become operationally effective, several technology gaps needed to be overcome. These gaps included sensors, communications, navigation, power, and launch and retrieval systems. As technologies advanced, the REMUS 6000 AUV overcame these gaps and became an operational tool for the U.S. Navy.

Author(s):
Sharp, , Kenneth M. ; White, Randy H.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE STENNIS SPACE CENTER MS
Descriptive Note:
Conference paper
Supplementary Note:
See also ADM002176. Presented at the MTS/IEEE Oceans 2008 Conference and Exhibition held in Quebec City, Canada, on 15-18 Sep 2008. The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0005

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
NAVOCEANO
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_2.2.2_Imagery Collection; JCA_2.2_Collection; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_4.1_Deployment and Distribution
Modernization Areas:
Autonomy
Communities of Interest:
Autonomy
Descriptor(s):
*UNDERWATER VEHICLES, *REMOTE DETECTION, *AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION, *SELF OPERATION, *DATA ACQUISITION, *OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA, *ACOUSTIC DETECTION, SONAR IMAGES, SIDE LOOKING SONAR, OCEAN BOTTOM SOILS, UNDERWATER CAMERAS, MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, INERTIAL NAVIGATION, DOPPLER SONAR, SYMPOSIA
Field(s)/Group(s):
Physical and Dynamic Oceanography, Submarine Engineering, Acoustic Detection and Detectors, Underwater and Marine Navigation and Guidance
Keyword(s):
*REMUS(REMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING UNITS), REMUS 6000 VEHICLES, ELECTRONIC STILL CAMERAS, SUB BOTTOM PROFILERS, STANDOFF OPERATIONS
Report Date:
2008 Sep 01
Creation Date:
2009 Aug 05