Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

ACTUV

Index ACTUV

The ASW Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) is a DARPA funded project launched in early 2010 to develop an anti-submarine drone (unmanned surface vehicle). [1]

31 relations: Air-independent propulsion, Anti-submarine drone, Autonomy, Boeing P-8 Poseidon, Columbia River, Commercial off-the-shelf, DARPA, Electro-optical sensor, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance, International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Leidos, Lidar, Littoral zone, Magnetometer, Naval Base San Diego, Naval mine, Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton, Office of Naval Research, Point Loma, San Diego, Portland, Oregon, Raytheon, Request for information, Sea Hunter, Sonobuoy, Submarine, Thermographic camera, Trimaran, United States Navy, Unmanned surface vehicle, Vigor Shipyards.

Air-independent propulsion

Air-independent propulsion (AIP) is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen (by surfacing or using a snorkel).

New!!: ACTUV and Air-independent propulsion · See more »

Anti-submarine drone

Anti-submarine drones are Unmanned surface vehicles designed to stalk and hunt submarines.

New!!: ACTUV and Anti-submarine drone · See more »

Autonomy

In development or moral, political, and bioethical philosophy, autonomy is the capacity to make an informed, un-coerced decision.

New!!: ACTUV and Autonomy · See more »

Boeing P-8 Poseidon

The Boeing P-8 Poseidon (formerly the Multimission Maritime Aircraft or MMA) is a military aircraft developed for the United States Navy (USN).

New!!: ACTUV and Boeing P-8 Poseidon · See more »

Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.

New!!: ACTUV and Columbia River · See more »

Commercial off-the-shelf

Commercial off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) satisfy the needs of the purchasing organization, without the need to commission custom-made, or bespoke, solutions.

New!!: ACTUV and Commercial off-the-shelf · See more »

DARPA

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

New!!: ACTUV and DARPA · See more »

Electro-optical sensor

Electro-optical sensors are electronic detectors that convert light, or a change in light, into an electronic signal.

New!!: ACTUV and Electro-optical sensor · See more »

Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States.

New!!: ACTUV and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway · See more »

Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance

ISTAR stands for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.

New!!: ACTUV and Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance · See more »

International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGs) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and set out, among other things, the "rules of the road" or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels.

New!!: ACTUV and International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea · See more »

Leidos

Leidos, formerly known as Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), is an American defense, aviation, information technology, and biomedical research company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services.

New!!: ACTUV and Leidos · See more »

Lidar

Lidar (also called LIDAR, LiDAR, and LADAR) is a surveying method that measures distance to a target by illuminating the target with pulsed laser light and measuring the reflected pulses with a sensor.

New!!: ACTUV and Lidar · See more »

Littoral zone

The littoral zone is the part of a sea, lake or river that is close to the shore.

New!!: ACTUV and Littoral zone · See more »

Magnetometer

A magnetometer is an instrument that measures magnetism—either the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location.

New!!: ACTUV and Magnetometer · See more »

Naval Base San Diego

Naval Base San Diego, which locals refer to as 32nd Street Naval Station, is the second largest Surface Ship base of the United States Navy and is located in San Diego, California.

New!!: ACTUV and Naval Base San Diego · See more »

Naval mine

A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines.

New!!: ACTUV and Naval mine · See more »

Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton

The Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development for the United States Navy as a surveillance aircraft.

New!!: ACTUV and Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton · See more »

Office of Naval Research

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is an organization within the United States Department of the Navy that coordinates, executes, and promotes the science and technology programs of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps through schools, universities, government laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for-profit organizations.

New!!: ACTUV and Office of Naval Research · See more »

Point Loma, San Diego

Point Loma is a seaside community within the city of San Diego, California.

New!!: ACTUV and Point Loma, San Diego · See more »

Portland, Oregon

Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County.

New!!: ACTUV and Portland, Oregon · See more »

Raytheon

The Raytheon Company is a major U.S. defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics.

New!!: ACTUV and Raytheon · See more »

Request for information

A request for information (RFI) is a standard business process whose purpose is to collect written information about the capabilities of various suppliers.

New!!: ACTUV and Request for information · See more »

Sea Hunter

The Sea Hunter is an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched in 2016 as part of the DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program.

New!!: ACTUV and Sea Hunter · See more »

Sonobuoy

A sonobuoy (a portmanteau of sonar and buoy) is a relatively small buoy (typically, in diameter and long) expendable sonar system that is dropped/ejected from aircraft or ships conducting anti-submarine warfare or underwater acoustic research.

New!!: ACTUV and Sonobuoy · See more »

Submarine

A submarine (or simply sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.

New!!: ACTUV and Submarine · See more »

Thermographic camera

A thermographic camera (also called an infrared camera or thermal imaging camera) is a device that forms an image using infrared radiation, similar to a common camera that forms an image using visible light.

New!!: ACTUV and Thermographic camera · See more »

Trimaran

A trimaran (or double-outrigger) is a multihull boat that comprises a main hull and two smaller outrigger hulls (or "floats") which are attached to the main hull with lateral beams.

New!!: ACTUV and Trimaran · See more »

United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

New!!: ACTUV and United States Navy · See more »

Unmanned surface vehicle

Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) or autonomous surface vehicles (ASV) are vehicles that operate on the surface of the water (watercraft) without a crew.

New!!: ACTUV and Unmanned surface vehicle · See more »

Vigor Shipyards

Vigor Shipyards (formerly Todd Shipyards) was founded in 1916 as the William H. Todd Corporation through the merger of Robins Dry Dock & Repair Company of Erie Basin, Brooklyn, New York, the Tietjen & Long Dry Dock Company of Hoboken, New Jersey, and the Seattle Construction and Dry Dock Company.

New!!: ACTUV and Vigor Shipyards · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACTUV

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »