Unmanned mine detection vehicle.
An unmanned surface vehicle The term unmanned surface vehicle (USV) refers to any vehicle that operates on the surface of the water without a crew. USVs have been tested since World War II but have been largely overshadowed. mine detection demonstration recently
undertaken by Northrop Grumman's Oceanic and Naval Systems and the
Naval Undersea Warfare Center The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with saw Northrop's AN/AWS-24 mine
detection system mounted on an eleven-metre rigid-hull inflatable boat An inflatable boat is a lightweight boat constructed with its sides and bow made of flexible tubes containing pressurised gas. For smaller boats, the floor and hull beneath it is often flexible. .
The test's objective was to prove the feasibility of remotely
deploying, operating and recovering the US Navy's newest mine
detection system from unmanned surface vehicle. During the test, the
system mapped shipping lanes 180 years wide, about 15 metres deep and
eight miles long, transmitting data in real-time to the bridge of the
USS Scout USS Scout is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: - USS Scout (1903), built for the United States Customs Service in 1903 at Astoria, Oregon.
- USS Scout (SP-1140), acquired by the Navy on 25 May 1917.
- USS Scout (AM-296), laid down on 8 February 1943.
, a mine countermeasures ship. The system also swept the
channel in front of the Scout at it transit the channel.
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