000007552 001__ 7552 000007552 005__ 20240318155450.0 000007552 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-8171.2019.006 000007552 035__ $$a3381158 000007552 037__ $$aGENERAL 000007552 245__ $$aIntegrating Autonomy - Maintain, Launch, Execute and Recover 000007552 269__ $$a2019-07-03 000007552 336__ $$aConference Proceedings 000007552 520__ $$aIn 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. 000007552 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 000007552 6531_ $$aAutonomy 000007552 6531_ $$aUnmanned 000007552 6531_ $$aIntegration 000007552 6531_ $$aIPMS 000007552 6531_ $$aCombat System 000007552 6531_ $$aLaunch and Recovery 000007552 7001_ $$aParkin, E$$uL3 Technologies UK 000007552 7001_ $$aChilcott, J$$uL3 Technologies UK 000007552 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of EAAW 000007552 773__ $$jEAAW VIII 000007552 789__ $$whttps://zenodo.org/record/3381158$$2URL$$eIsIdenticalTo 000007552 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/eaaw$$yConference website 000007552 8564_ $$917b87d34-4e73-4729-8c53-c6bf0ff9d32a$$s1207023$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7552/files/EAAW%20VIII%20Paper%20006%20Chilcott%20Final%20P.pdf