A system and method are provided for launching and recovering an unmanned, water-borne vehicle (UWBV) from a mother ship. The UWBV mimics the behavior of dolphins and is positioned ahead of the ship in preparation for bow riding. The UWBV uses a guidance system to position and keep in the bow wave. A high-frequency (HF) sonar transceiver array aboard the ship computes and sends course corrections to maintain the UWBV within the bow wave. The frequency range of the HF array can be 100 kHz or higher due to the short distance between the ship and the UWBV. Accordingly, the HF array can have a small aperture allowing for accurate bearing resolution. Course corrections can be sent on a near-continuous basis such that changes in thrust and rudder angle can be minimized to allow for accurate control of the UWBV.
Bow Riding Unmanned Water-Borne Vehicle
2009
19 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Marine Engineering , Acoustic Detection , Navigation Systems , Instruments , Unmanned , Waterborne , Patent applications , Recovery , Sonar arrays , Ship launched , Biomimetics , Transmitter receivers , Marine navigation , Guidance , High frequency , Vehicles , Uwbv(Unmanned water-borne vehicle) , Bow riding , Mother ships , Bow waves , Course corrections
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