Aspect Determination Using a Beacon with a Spiral Wave Front: Modeling and Performance Analysis in Operational Environments.

摘要

The goal of this project was to develop a spiral-wave front beacon for UUV navigation. Over the course of this project, the spiral beacon was brought from drawing board to prototype in collaboration with Ben Dzikowicz at NRL. The performance of the beacon has been evaluated and tested both in a series of field experiments and through numerical simulations. The final stage of this project brought the spiral beacon from a technical readiness level (TRL) of 4, component and/or breadboard validation in laboratory.