UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle)
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PROTECTOR
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The RSN has acquired a small number of Protector USVs, a commercial off-the-shelf system. The Protector was fielded to meet an operational requirement when the RSN deployed in the Arabian Gulf for Operation Iraqi Freedom recently. The Protector, being remotely controlled, offers enhanced surveillance, identification and interception capabilities while reducing risks to personnel in an operational environment.
Type: Unmanned Surface Vessel
Displacement : 4 tons
Dimensions : L 9.5m, W 3.5m, H 4.5m
Mini Typhoon Stabilised Gun
Toplite electro-optical pod
Water jet propulsion
--SPARTAN SCOUT
The RSN is also participating in a collaboration programme with the US Navy to develop the Spartan Scout USV and concepts for its operation. The Spartan Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) programme started in 2002. The Spartan USV is modular and can be configured for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Mine Countermeasure, Anti-surface Warfare, and Anti-Submarine Warfare roles. The RSN will commence testing the Spartan in local waters this year
Type: Unmanned Surface Vessel
Displacement : 2 tons
Dimensions : L 7.0m, W 3.0m, H 4.5m
Modular; can be configured for Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance, Mine Countermeasure or Anti-submarine Warfare
The SAF in general is actively seeking new technology to enable certain dangerous tasks to be undertaken by unmanned vehicles. Examples are the many UAVs, Unmanned ground vehicles and surface vessels (as shown above) but there is little talk about the development of UUV.
The future in UUV technology may allow our submarines to launch and retrieve them underwater. This will definitely help during coastal recon and detection of enemy submarines. So should RSN venture into the relm of UUV?Comments?
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Launching them is easy...retrieving is gonna be tough...quite some time ago...on Discovery Channel...they were showing UUV and it's still under developement ..one that really caught my attention is that it can swim like a fish...Originally posted by tankee1981:http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=57146&session=dae.21850892.1153109308.RLsNPMOa9dUAAA8wGxU&modele=jdc_1
The SAF in general is actively seeking new technology to enable certain dangerous tasks to be undertaken by unmanned vehicles. Examples are the many UAVs, Unmanned ground vehicles and surface vessels (as shown above) but there is little talk about the development of UUV.
The future in UUV technology may allow our submarines to launch and retrieve them underwater. This will definitely help during coastal recon and detection of enemy submarines. So should RSN venture into the relm of UUV?Comments? -
SG has a few UUV in our inventory. Foreign made REMUS UUV and locally developed SEA-i UUV.
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The US Navy already using UUVs in their seawolf class submarines as offboard sensors alr. It swims out of their torpedo tubes at low speeds, to search for submarines as well as dangerous objects such as underwater mines.
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REMUS has bee used during the gulf war to search for mines ...not really for submarine detection it uses mine hunting sonar which has very high frequency (which means shorter range) and it's active so by the time it find the enemy sub...the enemy sub has already run away and avoid detection...the really ideal UUV is those type that can have surface search capability which some might have periscope install on it and maybe with passive sonar capability...hopefully it can be used to destroy enemy ships too....
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The UUV's can be preprogrammed to take a specific route and after the search for submarines it can return back and can be retrieved. The main problem is when testing it. If it sinks it is almost lost.
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The UUV i know carried active and passive sensors as well as high frequency sonars to aid the Submarine to transit minefields, as well as triangulate coordinates of enemy submarine faster. They are wire guided as well, like the ADCAPs and swim very silently.
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Leave the dolphins out of our wars man......