Cooperative unmanned vehicle systems for harbour defence

该项目的目标是开发更好的海港防御技术，以应对现代威胁，包括恐怖主义威胁，这是加拿大武装部队目前的一个目标。 我们以监察来处理海港防御的问题。 我们的假设是，通过充分的智能监控，可以及早发现攻击，以便有时间采取缓解措施。 为了对大型港口提供足够的监视覆盖，需要安装在无人水面车辆（USV，在水面上操作的自主船只）上的多个移动的传感器平台。 我们解决的问题，监视覆盖规划，集体和个人的响应USV遇到的情况下，特别注意在自主操作过程中的安全保障，以及传感器数据的智能处理，以检测不寻常的，可能有威胁的活动。 该项目的一个核心特点是在我们的合作伙伴加拿大Meggitt防务系统公司的帮助下，将在Esquimalt港进行港口试验。 该试验将展示在一个工作港口的监视覆盖范围，其中有一队USV响应并适应港口的活动。

The goal of this project is to develop improved technology for harbour defence to meet modern threats, including the threat of terrorism, a current goal of the Canadian Armed Forces.  We address the problem of harbour defence with surveillance.  The assumption is that with adequate intelligent surveillance, attacks can be detected early enough to allow time for mitigating action.  To provide adequate surveillance coverage for a large harbour requires multiple mobile sensor platforms mounted on unmanned surface vehicles (USV, autonomous boats that operate on the surface of the water).  We address issues of surveillance coverage planning, collective and individual responses of USVs to the situations encountered with particular attention paid to guarantees of safety during autonomous operation, and the intelligent processing of sensor data to detect unusual, possibly threatening activity.  A central feature of the project is a harbour trial that will be conducted in Esquimalt harbour, with the help of our partner, Meggitt Defence Systems Canada.  The trial will demonstrate surveillance coverage in a working harbour with a fleet of USVs that responds and adapts to activity in the harbour.