Purpose and goal
The project aims to develop and evaluate the use of existing civil
electromagnetic sensor and ML/AI technology to create a quiet, robust and
energy-efficient navigation solution for small underwater craft. The goal is to enable
covert long-term navigation without using active sensors such as active sonar or
need to visit the surface to get a GPS position. This means that new strategic naval defense capabilities can be developed.
Expected effects and result
Expected overall results is the transfer of current civilian technology for magnetic field based indoor navigation to a military technology for navigation of small unmanned underwater vehicles. The expected effect of this is an improved Swedish military strategic ability. More precisely, the project is expected to result in a prototype sensor and associated machine learning algorithm for processing sensor data, as well as an evaluation of the technology´s potential during realistic conditions.
Planned approach and implementation
The project will be implemented in terms of the following 4 work packages.
WP1 R&D of measurement system: Design of measurement system based on existing EM sensor array for indoor navigation.
WP2 Algoritmutveckling: Adaptation of existing algorithms for EM sensor based navigation for land-based systems adapted to the underwater environment.
WP3 Sea-trials: Experimental measurements under realistic conditions.
WP4 Analyze and evaluation: Analysis of results using statistical methods.
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