Title :
User Operational Evaluation System of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles for very Shallow Water Mine Countermeasures
Author :
Clegg, David ; Peterson, Michael
Author_Institution :
EDO Professional Services, San Diego, CA, USA
Abstract :
The United States Navy\´s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program Office within the Program Executive Office, Littoral and Mine Warfare, utilized a User Operational Evaluation System (UOES) as an essential element in its procurement strategy for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV) for Very Shallow Water (VSW) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Operations. From April 2001 through April 2003 six members of the Naval Special Clearance Team ONE routinely operated and evaluated two Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) constructed REMUS UUVs. Included were numerous military exercises and scheduled equipment tests in different operational environments around the world. The UOES phase provided invaluable performance data and "war fighter" feedback on vehicle configuration, unit requirements, integration concerns with existing systems, and operational employment of a small UUV in the VSW MCM area of operations (littoral waters with depths of 3-12 meters). A performance specification was developed based largely on information received during this phase, and a competitive procurement strategy is underway to field a more robust capability by FY 2005.
Keywords :
mining; navigation; oceanographic techniques; underwater vehicles; AD 2001 04 to 2003 04; Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program Office; Littoral and Mine Warfare; MCM Operation; Mine Countermeasures; Naval Special Clearance Team ONE; Program Executive Office; REMUS UUV; Remote Environment Monitoring Units; UOES; UUV; United States Navy; Unmanned Underwater Vehicles; User Operational Evaluation System; VSW; Very Shallow Water; WHOI; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; littoral waters; military exercise; operational environment; scheduled equipment test; vehicle configuration; war fighter feedback; Employment; Explosives; Feedback; Marine technology; Marine vehicles; Military equipment; Procurement; Robustness; Testing; Underwater vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS 2003. Proceedings
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-30-0
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.2003.178069