Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Systems

摘要

In November 2004, the U.S. Navy updated its Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Master Plan. This built on the previous UUV Master Plan (April 2000), updating its missions, approaches, and technical and programmatic recommendations based on changes in Navy guidance, technology, platforms, and other factors. The plan detailed nine high-priority UUV missions based on the strategic guidance provided in the publication "Sea Power 21" and its four pillars: Sea Strike, Sea Shield, Sea Base and ForceNet. The nine missions (or sub-pillars), in priority order, are: (1) Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; (2) Mine countermeasures; (3) Anti-submarine warfare; (4) Inspection/identification; (5) Oceanography; (6) Communicationavigation network nodes; (7) Payload delivery; (8) Information operations; and (9) Time-critical strike.