Lockheed Martin - Principal Investigator: Dan McLeod
Objective: Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are becoming more capable and reliable. Implementation of AUV-based IRM in ultra-deepwater fields will provide game-changing improvements in cost, performance, safety and reliability that will enable cost effective production of these smaller deepwater fields. Industry advances in autonomy used on Unmanned Ground and Air vehicles may be transitioned to existing AUVs enabling the capability to perform autonomous inspections and light intervention. Incremental demonstration of such AUV capabilities will be required to convince Field Operators that the reliability, safety, and capabilities of these systems are acceptable for deepwater operations.
Period of Performance: September 10, 2010 to March 10, 2012
