UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON COMBAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS Cover Image

IMPACTUL TEHNOLOGIC AL VEHICULELOR SUBACVATICE AUTONOME ASUPRA CUNOAȘTERII SPAȚIULUI DE LUPTĂ
UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES TECHNOLOGY’S IMPACT ON COMBAT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

Author(s): Daniel-Cornel Tanasescu, Ion Chiorcea
Subject(s): Military policy
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: undersea warfare; submarines; unmanned underwater vehicles; technological impact;

Summary/Abstract: The domain of underwater space has represented for a long time a challenging environment for the implementation of technologies for discovering threats represented by submarines. Passive hydrolocation equipment on board warships have historically been confronted with technological limitations caused by the low acoustic footprint of submarine targets but also by a high threshold of false positive alerts due to industrial activities in coastal areas. In addition, the technological constraints and the high costs imposed by the fixed positioning of the active or passive detection sensors allowed the submarines to have a wide variety of operating spaces for insidious maneuvering. These new discovery capabilities, combined with intell information processing systems and programs to support decision making will have a significant impact on understanding the operational-strategic situation in the underwater combat environment.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 22-29
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian