Autonomous vehicles in support of naval operations / Committee on Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations, Naval Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vehicles, Remotely piloted.

Remote control.

Remote submersibles.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have been used in military operations for more than 60 years, with torpedoes, cruise missiles, satellites, and target drones being early examples.1 They have also been widely used in the civilian sector--for example, in the disposal of explosives, for work and measurement in radioactive environments, by various offshore industries for both creating and maintaining undersea facilities, for atmospheric and undersea research, and by industry in automated and robotic manufacturing. Recent military experiences with AVs have consistently demonstrated their value in a wide range of missions, and anticipated developments of AVs hold promise for increasingly significant roles in future naval operations. Advances in AV capabilities are enabled (and limited) by progress in the technologies of computing and robotics, navigation, communications and networking, power sources and propulsion, and materials. Autonomous Vehicles in Support of Naval Operations is a forward-looking discussion of the naval operational environment and vision for the Navy and Marine Corps and of naval mission needs and potential applications and limitations of AVs. This report considers the potential of AVs for naval operations, operational needs and technology issues, and opportunities for improved operations.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Naval Vision: Operations and Autonomous Vehicle Applications""; ""3 Autonomy Technology: Capabilities and Potential""; ""4 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Capabilities and Potential""; ""5 Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Capabilities and Potential""; ""6 Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Capabilities and Potential""; ""7 Integrating Autonomy in Network-Centric Operations""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Biographies of Committee Members and Staff""

""B Some Physics-Based Constraints on Autonomous Vehicles: Scaling, Energy, Sensing, and Communications""""C Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: System Descriptions""; ""D Acronyms and Abbreviations""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612083433

9780309181235

0309181232

9781282083431

1282083430

9780309551151

0309551153

OCLC:

923274888