Numéro : 2536 - Year : 2008
Hybrid unmanned vehicles fleet conducting mine warfare operations.
Hubert THOMAS, ACSA Underwater GPS
International Autonomous Surface Symposium (ASSS 2008)
Since 1995, ACSA (Advanced Concepts and Systems Architectures) has been involved with DGA and Defense groups to further enhance its GIBTM buoys patented technology for uses in military applications. In 2007, ACSA has been notified of an important order by Lockheed Martin, Marlton, New Jersey, for the delivery of electric powered Station Keeping Buoys (SKBs) with supporting data, equipment and services. The SKBs will form a part of the US Navy’s Portable Undersea Tracking Range (PUTR), whose primary mission is to support fleet readiness through training and tactical developments of submarine, surface and air platforms in undersea warfare.
Today, GIBTM buoys have a strong recognition in the mine warfare community. As a matter of fact, this rupture technology is the only one that: a) Warranty a total interoperability due to a submetric positioning accuracy in longitude and latitude (WGS-84), b) May be applied with the same effectiveness to reconnaissance and neutralization missions, c) Is compatible with a wide range of platforms (Semi-subs, AUVs, ROVs and EOD divers), d) Authorize remote operations, keeping man away from hostile environment, e) Do work, even in the worst sea state and sound propagation conditions.
After presenting different conventional architectures and analyzed their limitations, the author with describe and optimal architecture, a real "System of Sytems" in which ASVs, AUVs and ROVs are coordinated and controlled through a network of relay buoys. The presentation ends with an economical approach.
This paper is written in English
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