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UDT 2019 Presentations

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Military Diver Capabilities 

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Topics explored included advanced combat diver navigation and autonomy, undersea communications, portable sonar systems for EOD and salvage, as well as augmented reality HUD’s for zero visibility dives. The conference also discussed operational challenges of this most inhospitable environment.

Keynotes & Plenary Panels

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Featuring the keynote address by Rear Admiral Jens Nykvist, Chief of the Royal Swedish Navy, a discussion on undersea defence in a deteriorating global environment, the Swedish Armed Forces Panel, and a look at the role of AI in undersea defence.

Platform Design                    

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Platform Design is at the heart of undersea operations. The challenge is to improve survivability and adaptability without increasing investment. This stream focuses on submarine design developments around detectability, propulsion, and human performance in extreme operational environments.

 

Sensors & Processing

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Sensors & Processing are one of the key areas of technological development, constantly improving operational performance. This stream examines the latest evolution of towed arrays, sonar beamforming and transducers, as well as the developing role of deployed and mobile sensors.

 

Exploitation of Commercial & New Technologies 

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Exploitation of Commercial Technologies enables cost-effective and efficient adaptations of existing systems to be rapidly deployed, once they have been identified. This stream highlights potential areas of exploitation around covert and subsea communications, sensors and penetrators, and propulsion.

Operational Drivers & Imperatives                 

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Platform Design is at the heart of undersea operations. The challenge is to improve survivability and adaptability without increasing investment. This stream focuses on submarine design developments around detectability, propulsion, and human performance in extreme operational environments.

Unmanned, Remotely Piloted & Autonomous Systems

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Unmanned, Remotely Piloted & Autonomous Systems play an increasingly vital role in subsea operations, with a rapidly growing market.  From human-machine interfaces to AI, this stream examines the challenges around UxV risk management, mission planning and MCM.

Weapon & Payload Systems                                         

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Weapon & Payload Systems are a fundamental aspect of submarine deployment operations, and integral to their development. This stream explores advances in launching and homing, the integration of new torpedo systems, weapons stowage, and countermeasures.

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