Project Centurion: installation of lightweight acoustic arrays in shallow water

Author

Meggitt, Dallas ; Wilson, Jeff ; Warren, David

Author_Institution

Sound & Sea Technol., Edmonds, WA

fYear

2005

fDate

17-23 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1339

Abstract

In July 2004, a team of the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center (NFESC), Northrop Grumman Corporation, and Sound & Sea Technology, Inc. installed a passive acoustic underwater harbor security system in shallow water off Hueneme Harbor, California. The system is comprised of two arrays using advanced-technology optical-fiber hydrophones cabled to a processing center on shore. This system has operated successfully since it was installed and survived the severe winter, 2005 storms. The system has been tested in a series of exercises against a variety of targets and has demonstrated the ability to detect and track both surface and subsurface intruders. The system will be augmented with a variety of additional sensors for integration into a comprehensive port and harbor security system

Keywords

acoustic arrays; hydrophones; oceanographic techniques; security; underwater sound; California; Hueneme Harbor; Project Centurion; USA; lightweight acoustic arrays; optical-fiber hydrophones; passive acoustic underwater harbor security system; shallow water; Acoustic arrays; Acoustic testing; Acoustical engineering; Optical arrays; Optical sensors; Security; Sonar equipment; Storms; Underwater acoustics; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS, 2005. Proceedings of MTS/IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-933957-34-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.2005.1639940

Filename

1639940