US research continues into long-range standoff C2 for naval robots
Latest contract carries on efforts to deliver USN the capability to perform EOD operations.
Greensea Systems is to continue development of a long-range standoff C2 system for ROVs, under a new $1.1 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the US Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division.
The C2 system will provide the USN with the capability to conduct water-borne EOD operations ‘with marine robotics from a safe standoff distance’, Greensea announced on 21 January.
The standoff system is built on the OPENSEA open architecture robotics platform. As such, it is hardware-, transmission- and vehicle-agnostic, helping (with a high level of autonomy) to coordinate launch and recovery, vehicle tether, and the host USV platform.
Ben Kinnaman, CEO of Greensea and lead investigator in the Phase II SBIR project, argued that long-range standoff C2 ‘is the single best solution to keep the warfighter safe by getting them as far as possible from a subsea threat’.
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