Conceptual design of future undersea unmanned vehicle (UUV) system for mine disposal

IEEE Systems Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 43-51

  Sub Song, Kwang ^a   Chu, Peter C ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual system design; mine disposal system; system effectiveness; unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) technology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION EFFICIENCY; CONCEPTUAL SYSTEM DESIGN; MINE COUNTER MEASURES; MINE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS; MINE NEUTRALIZATIONS; SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS; UNDERWATER OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84897630022     PISSN: 19328184     EISSN: 19379234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2012.2210592     Document Type: Article

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