The Evolution of an Acoustic Homing System for Underwater Vehicles

Authors
  1. Heard, G.J.
  2. Pelavas, N.
  3. Lucas, C.E.
  4. Fleming, R.
  5. Watson, D.
Corporate Authors
DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA, ATLANTIC RESEARCH CENTRE, HALIFAX NS (CAN);OMNITECH ELECTRONICS INC, DARTMOUTH NS (CAN)
Abstract
Project Cornerstone was a joint Natural Resources Canada and Defence R&D Canada project using deep diving Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to assist in the mapping of the Arctic seafloor in support of the Canadian submission to the United Nations Convention on the Law Of the Sea (UNCLOS). The project made use of a pair of modified International Submarine Engineering Explorer AUVs [1]. One of the modifications added to the AUVs was the Long-Range Acoustic Bearing (LRAB) homing system developed at DRDC (patent applied for). This brief paper describes the initial testing of the homing concept, the Explorer version of the LRAB, and a new first-stage of system miniaturization that will allow the homing device to be used in medium-sized AUVs.

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Keywords
acoustic homing system;underwater vehicles
Report Number
DRDC-ATLANTIC-SL-2012-267 — Scientific Literature
Date of publication
01 Oct 2012
Number of Pages
12
DSTKIM No
CA061618
CANDIS No
814432
Format(s):
Electronic Document(PDF)

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