South Florida Test Facility underwater tracking system development

Author

Todd, Eric D.

Author_Institution

Planning Syst. Inc., McLean, VA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

23-26 Sep 1996

Firstpage

1348

Abstract

The Naval Surface Warfare Center South Florida Test Facility (NSWC-SFTF) recently upgraded the acoustic tracking capability on its 600 Foot Test Range, the new acoustic tracking system uses all COTS hardware to perform A/D conversion, signal detection, and localization. Pings are generated by systems adopted from other Navy programs and the existing in-water SFTF hydrophones and telemetry are re-used. The new tracking system produces very smooth tracks. Tracks of surface targets mimic tracks produced by the SFTF optical tracking system but show systematic differences. More work is required to determine the cause of these systematic differences

Keywords

acoustic signal detection; analogue-digital conversion; hydrophones; sonar arrays; sonar signal processing; sonar tracking; target tracking; telemetry; test facilities; underwater sound; A/D conversion; South Florida Test Facility; acoustic tracking capability; all COTS hardware; hydrophones; localization; ping detection; signal detection; surface targets; telemetry; underwater tracking system; very smooth tracks; Acoustic testing; Foot; Hardware; Performance evaluation; Signal detection; System testing; Target tracking; Test facilities; Underwater acoustics; Underwater tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '96. MTS/IEEE. Prospects for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3519-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1996.569099

Filename

569099