000007578 001__ 7578 000007578 005__ 20240531164500.0 000007578 02470 $$2doi$$a10.24868/issn.2515-818X.2018.008 000007578 035__ $$a2246573 000007578 037__ $$aGENERAL 000007578 245__ $$aFrom automation to autonomy - designing a complete ship control system 000007578 269__ $$a2018-10-02 000007578 336__ $$aConference Proceedings 000007578 520__ $$aThis paper describes the way in which Systems Engineering has been used to map out and address the technical, operational and regulatory considerations necessary for autonomous platform management of Unmanned Surface Vehicles. Building on an approach originally developed for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Model-Based Systems Engineering has been used to derive the context and requirements for this high-level ship control system to ensure that it is properly structured, adaptable and re-useable. Mapping out use cases of the platform systems of a large, complex unmanned ship has allowed the functional requirements to be derived rigorously and therefore informs the selection of the most efficient architecture and interfaces ahead of software creation. This practical application of Systems Engineering has paved the way to the creation of robust, open-architecture control of platform systems which enables vessel autonomy in the Naval domain. 000007578 542__ $$fCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0 000007578 6531_ $$aAutonomy 000007578 6531_ $$aUSV 000007578 6531_ $$aMachinery 000007578 6531_ $$aPlatform systems 000007578 6531_ $$aSystems engineering 000007578 6531_ $$aMBSE 000007578 7001_ $$aField, C J$$uRolls-Royce plc 000007578 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of INEC 000007578 773__ $$jINEC 2018 000007578 789__ $$whttps://zenodo.org/record/2246573$$2URL$$eIsIdenticalTo 000007578 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/inec$$yConference website 000007578 8564_ $$9bcb48443-f223-4c1c-b7d3-1fa687d428ec$$s3850166$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7578/files/INEC%202018%20Paper%20008%20Field%20SDG%20FINAL.pdf