The
ACTUV programme has emerged in response to the perceived threat posed by virtually silent conventional submarines.
So, when tasked with developing this maritime autonomy suite for ACTUV, where do you start, and how do you limit the risk in designing the autonomy architecture to meet such complex requirements?
The Leidos team's first step in risk reduction for ACTUV was to leverage code already written for less complex autonomous systems.
The
ACTUV modular systems architecture allows for the main hull, bow, mast, keel and side hulls to be produced separately.
(15.) "Anti-submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (
ACTUV) 'Sea Hunter,"' Naval Drones, www.navaldrones .com/.
After enemy vessels are found,
ACTUV would be employed to follow them wherever they went without putting sailors in danger.
Caption: The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency recently selected Saic to lead the design and construction of the operational prototype of the Anti-Submarine Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (
Actuv) illustraded here.