 
MILNET Brief U.S. UUV Directory, 1/28/2005 |
MILNET Brief U.S. UUV Directory, 1/28/2005 |
|
A hard covered hardcopy of this briefing is available for purchase online, click here. |
| Large UUVs (Carry smaller UUVs) |
|
  |
  |
| Manta A
large modular reconfigurable test bed for future large UUV designs,
dispenses smaller UUVs similiar to an airborne cluster bomb
|
SeaHorse A
large UUV designed to carry
experiments in pressure vessels in its tubular design. The unit
runs off of primary lithium batteries however good results have been
found using akaline D cells. The package is 27ft, 10in long, has
a diameter of 38 in. (fits Seawolf torp tubes!)
|
  |
| Lazarus
Prototype Predecessor to Sea Horse (Fuel cell testbed) |
| Name |
Brief Description |
Long
Description |
||||
| Maritime Reconnaissance (MR) ($14 million thru FY
2004) |
||||||
|
||||||
| LMRS |
Long-term Mine Reconnaissance System |
AN/BLQ-11
is a submarine launched UUV that will seek out and identify mines in
the shallow waters of the littoral zone of an enemies shore or perhaps
in deeper waters such as the Persian Gulf. |
||||
| SAHRV |
Semi- Autonomous Hydrographic Reconnaissance Vechicle |
Based on the
WHOI REMUS frame,
this USSOCOM vehicles "will be used fro reconnaissance in very shallow
water (VSW)...The Goal is to achieve an IOC within 4 years of program
initiation...operated (deployed) by a team of 3-4 divers.  SAHRV Prototype
Interested are the ONR's Chemical Sensing in the Marine
Environment
Program (Fletcher, 2001) which targets the development of novel means
to to detect, characterize and quantify explosives and their
derivitives in seawater and marine sediments. Hydrodynamic field
tests
conducted at SCD SD using a specially configured Remote
Environmental Monitoring Unit (REMUS)
(specs) vehicle
have shown postive results providing data for the development of
detailed models capable of forward and reverse tracking of UXO
(UneXploded Ordnance). Currently launched via a CRRC (Combat
Rubber
Raiding Craft) a zodiak--rubber raft with outboard motor attached |
||||
| RMS |
Remote Minehunting System |
The RMS is a Lockheed Martin UUV
that will be depolyed by surface ships to search for mines. |
||||
| MNS |
Mine Neutralizations System |
A tethered ROV which is designed
to neutralize mines |
||||
| Undersea Search and Survey
(USS) ($14 million thru
FY 2005) |
||||||
| Provides
the ability to rapidly to survey selected areas through a network of
small UUVs performing functions such as mine huntiing/neutralization;
underwater object location and recovery; and hydrographic/bathymetric
surveys. |
||||||
| USS |
Undersea Search and Survey |
Will
collect hydrographics and oceanographic data, find mines,
unexploded
ordnance, lost objects, pipelines, cables, and other items of interest
underwater. Other devices then could perform mine neutralization,
object recovery, and connection to in-situ equipment (Tapping,
etc.).
Design range is to be approximately 100 square nautical miles, to be
covered in three days, and at depths up to 40 feet.Device for the
program is intended to 7.5 inch in diameter This activity is part of
the mission to "Reacquire, Identify, and
Neutralize mines," for which another 12 inch diameter device will be
launched from rigid sided craft or alternatively from the CRRC(Combat
Rubber Raiding Craft)  UUV being launched from CRRC ( (Combat Rubber Raiding Craft) |
||||
| SAMS |
Semi Autonomous Mapping System |
SAMS will be used with the Towed Oceanographic Survey System (TOSS). Advantage -
Increase effective deep sonar mapping rate 4 times.
 Top To Bottom SAMS, NYCDEP-TIV*, REMUS |
||||
| Communications/Navigation Aid (C/NA) ($16 million thru FY 2005) |
||||||
| Provides
a communication/navigation relay for other UUVs operating within the
immediate area and is expected to operate as a gateway for autonomous
underwater communication/navigation network. |
||||||
| C/NA |
Communications Navigation Aid |
Will provide Low Propability of
Intercept (LPI) communcations links between underwater, surface, air,
and underground assets/systems in environments similar to the MR and
USS missions in other words, will support the MR and USS mission's comm
and nav requirements. |
||||
| Submarine Track and Trail
(ST & T) (will not
begin until FY2006) |
||||||
| Provides
a mobile cueing function, but could grow into a fully autonomous system
offering multiple levels of engagement |
||||||
| Other
related systems of interest (see graphic below) |
||||||
| AQS-20 |
Advanced minehunting sonar that
will operate from UUVs and MH-60S helicopters |
|||||
| ALMDS | Airborne Laser Mine Detection System |
Advanced minehunting system from
Northrop Grumman which will be deployed from helicopters intended to
quickly find moored mines |
||||
| AMNS |
Airborne Mine Neutralization System |
Helicopter towed weapon from
Raytheon which will locate and destroy moored mines |
||||
| RAMICS |
Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System |
A sophisticated laser-aimed gun
from Northrup that will destroy mines near or on the surface. |
||||
| OASIS |
Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep |
A towed device developed by EDO
Systems which will imitate the magnetic and acousitc signatures of
ships to set off influence triggered mines. |
||||
* = OSL engineers at
WHOI designed TIV to navigate and document the condition of a 72-km
aqueduct that provides 65 percent of the drinking
 water to the
metropolitan NYC area. The vehicle successfully navigated through the
water-filled tunnel while taking and recording about 186,000 digital
still images of the interior tunnel walls during its 15-hour trip. |
