Leidos has demonstrated several unmanned underwater capabilities at the Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise.

Leidos used its autonomy research vessel, the R/V Pathfinder, to autonomously navigate and collect data in an at-sea operational environment, according to a company news release.

“The data was transmitted to multiple base locations using redundant communication paths; a Leidos developed software defined radio with integrated mobile ad hoc network (MANET) software; and a Kongsberg tactical radio link,” Leidos said.

The Pathfinder surveyed the sea floor and instantaneously transmitted ocean and meteorological data to the Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, Rhode Island, and the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Panama City, Florida.

“In this autonomous navigation mode, the vessel remained compliant with all International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) requirements based on existing navigation aids and surface contacts, just as a manned vessel would,” the company said. ”In addition, Pathfinder conducted a completely autonomous launch and recovery of an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) to demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the surface ship survey capability with the ability to perform high-resolution follow-up of features of interest.”

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