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The Indispensable Ingredient for Victory: Defeating sea mines

Leveraging Unmanned Technologies to Defeat Deadly Sea Mines

By: CAPT George Galdorisi

 ThayerMahan SeaScout Subsea Imaging SystemThayerMahan SeaScout Subsea Imaging System

In the past, unmanned vehicle technologies were not mature enough to take on the complex task of mine hunting. But today, they are now capable enough. The following proposal is based on three subcomponent candidates that can deliver a single-sortie, autonomous mine countermeasures solution with autonomous target recognition.
 

  • The MARTAC Devil Ray T38 is intended as the autonomous platform for the package, and will host a communications and data transmission hub, in addition to above-water and underwater sensors.
  • The ThayerMahan SeaScout Subsea Imaging System is specifically designed for missions such as mine hunting. The system is designed to search for mine-like objects and is integrated by ThayerMahan's remote operations and communications system.
  • The Pluto Gigas is an existing, standalone, third generation ROV with several systems deployed globally and with over 3,000 mines destroyed.
While this mine countermeasure (MCM) solution is component agnostic, the leading commercial-off-the-shelf candidates for the initial solution were chosen based on their technical maturity, as well as their current use by various navies. Leveraging these commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems will enable this MCM solution to move forward at an accelerated pace to speedily deliver a fleet capability in the near term.

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