@article{GENERAL,
      recid = {7552},
      author = {Parkin, E and Chilcott, J},
      title = {Integrating Autonomy - Maintain, Launch, Execute and  Recover},
      journal = {Conference Proceedings of EAAW},
      address = {2019-07-03},
      number = {GENERAL},
      abstract = {In recent years, autonomy has been subject to significant  interest and investment within the maritime industry.  Several high-profile trials such as Unmanned Warrior 2016  and Autonomous Warrior 2018, have drawn attention to the  rapidly emerging and advancing technology. Following the  successful operation of 7 autonomous vessels during  Unmanned Warrior 2016, L3 Technologies completed a series  of demonstrations at Autonomous Warrior 2018. The  continually evolving technology has enabled increasing  complex autonomous operations to be trialled. This  accessibility and enhanced capabilities have resulted in  the increased adoption of autonomous vessel technology.  Navies around the world have shown much interest in the  enhanced military capability that autonomous vessels bring  to the operational theatre. It is clear that the technology  is available, and the demand exists, but integration into a  modern operation warship poses an indisputable challenge?  The operating cycle of an USV when hosted on-board a  warship can be summarised as ‘Maintain, Deploy,  Execute and Recover’. Understanding how the USV  integrates into the mothership at each of these stages will  increase the effectiveness and efficiency of operating the  USV. To fully understand this all aspects of integration  should be considered, people, processes and technical  interfaces. Two key on-board systems that an autonomous  vessel will need to interact with are the combat system and  the IPMS. As autonomous technologies become more  established and proven, the confidence gained will have  implications for its possible implementation on larger  vessels potentially leading to fully autonomous cargo ships  and cruise ships.},
      url = {http://library.imarest.org/record/7552},
}