DeepSEE™ – Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with Synthetic Aperture Sonar for High Resolution Seafloor Imaging |
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Advanced AUV mine
hunting system provides wide-area, high resolution undersea
imaging |
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Processes high-resolution
SAS imagery onboard a 12.75-inch diameter AUV |
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Provides over 25 times
greater resolution at range with a 300-percent increase
in area coverage compared to conventional sidescan sonars |
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Simple, reconfigurable
hull section with payloads for synthetic aperture sonar,
ISR, and optical surveillance for use within the 12.75inch
diameter AUV. Only power and vehicle navigation measurements
need to be supplied. |
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High resolution SAS
array is mounted on a pressure vessel containing the
sonar electronics, PROSAS™ signal processing
boards, and data recording system |
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Included power conditioning
electronics allow a variety of power sources from the
main vehicle |
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Includes
PROSAS automated, full-swath, real-time SAS processor,
and MINESCOUT™ extensible mission analysis workstation
with custom SAS and sidescan displays, survey post-processing
tools, automatic target recognition (ATR), and information
management |
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Applications |
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Covert mine hunting
and reconnaissance |
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Oil/gas/geophysical
survey |
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Rapid environmental assessment |
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Seabed mapping |
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Harbor security |
Features |
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SAS processing onboard vehicle -
user only need playback data upon vehicle retrieval |
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Post-mission analysis workstation
with MINESCOUT data playback |
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Two-sided sonar system with 150-meter
range/side |
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Low power (< 200 watts, 2-sided)
signal processing boards with a mission life of approximately
22-24 hours (sortie runtime in hours) |
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Modular hull section houses sonar
arrays and processing electronics; can fit in the mid-section
of the 12.75-inch diameter AUV |
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Vehicle programmed with user interface
that enables high-level mission objective planning, execution,
and playback |
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One-inch seafloor imaging resolution |
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Benefits |
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Real-time streaming
SAS imagery |
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Provides extraordinary area coverage,
providing both imagery and bathymetry at a high degree
of spatial resolution |
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Identifies mine-like objects and
cables not detected by conventional sidescan sonars |
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Excellent clutter rejection |
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Automatic computer-aided
detection and classification (CAD/CAC) |
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