Browsing Reprints by Subject "Port and harbour protection"
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A comparative analysis of side-looking sonars for rapid classification of underwater intruders
(NURC, 2008/09)One aspect of NURC's 2008 efforts in port protection involves building a prototype system for countering a subsurface threat. Such a capability against underwater intruders in ports requires surveillance of the underwater ... -
At-sea measurements of diver target strengths at 100 Khz: measurement technique and first results
(NURC, 2006/08)During a recent at-sea trial of a diver detection system, the opportunity was taken of developing a technique for in-situ measurement of diver target strengths. The technique was based on making the diver perform circular ... -
Automatic change detection for the monitoring of cluttered underwater areas
(NURC, 2008/09)Automating the surveillance of cluttered underwater areas (such as ports) poses several problems, the main one being the high number of contacts that any automatic target recognition (ATR) system will produce when surveying ... -
Autonomous underwater vehicles for port protection
(NURC, 2006/07)NATO's present capability to deal with a terrorist threat to our ports is slow, dangerous, and inefficient. Ports are a challenging area within which to conduct MCM operations due to several factors: shipping movements, ... -
Localization of small surface vessels through acoustic data fusion of two tetrahedral arrays of hydrophones
(CMRE, 2014/01)Detection and tracking of vessels is important in confined areas such as marine parks or harbors. Nowadays, the presence of ships can be accurately monitored either by radar or via AIS system, while small vessels, which ... -
Protection in ports: countering underwater intruders
(NURC, 2007/10)The advance of new capability depends on many things: the state of the art in technology, the clarity of the mission and requirements, the knowledge of the threat, the means of response, and, for developers, the state of ... -
Review of target strength information for waterside security applications
(NURC, 2008)Estimates of the target strength of objects, such as for example scuba tanks and swimmer delivery vehicles, are parameters of interest in all phases of the design of waterside security systems. Results of numerical target ... -
Security versus defence: dual use from a system requirement perspective
(NURC, 2008/09)The developers of defence technologies in both industry and national laboratories carried their culture for military system development into the evolving security mission, even for systems that are to be used by civilian ... -
The effectiveness of a system-of-systems for countering asymmetric maritime threats in ports and harbours
(NURC, 2008/09)A small boat loaded with explosives has been used by terrorists to attack military and civilian maritime surface vessels at berth or at anchor. For example, suicide bombers attacked the USS Cole using a small boat while ... -
Underwater intruder detection sonar for harbour protection: state of the art review and implications
(NURC, 2006/08)Sonar is the sensor of choice for wide-area underwater surveillance because sonar (based on sound waves) typically provides a much larger area of coverage than radar (electromagnetic waves) or video (visible light) can ... -
Unmanned surface vessels for surface and subsurface threats in harbours: background and practical lessons
(NURC, 2009/12)The use of Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs) in harbour protection missions has been studied through technology surveys and experimentation within the programme of work at NURC. The crucial subsystems and vehicle payloads ...