Saturday, February 21, 2015

The Importance Of Unmanned Surface Vessel

By Olivia Cross


Developments in the technological world have played a major role in improvements of the monitoring systems. There has been to collect important data in the oceans for the purpose of analysis and research but there are high risks associated with these waters. However this has been solved by the development of unmanned surface vessel which have the ability to move long distances in the sea and gather the required data.

Different models of the vessels have been made depending on the intended purpose which can easily cope with the places they are going to be used. Materials with low densities are used to make these boats in order to make them float on water easily. They are also designed into shapes that make them move easily at low energy intake. They have power conversion systems that enable the conversion of the solar and tide movement as means of locomotion.

High technology has been put into practice to keep these vessels working. Automated remote control systems are fitted to ensure easy control and monitoring of the devices to the areas of interests. They are also fitted with devices that capture audio and videos and other important information they are designed to capture. They have GPS tracking system which makes it possible to know the distances they have covered and where they are headed to.

Computerized stations have been built to enable the monitoring of the water boats in their surveillance activities overseas. Many technicians are involved in designing operating systems to be installed into the vessels so that they respond to various commands. It is from these centers that the follow up is done and the analysis of any incoming signals is done to find out the meaning of data collected and keep it safely for future referencing.

There has been high application of these water boats naval operations in many countries. There is great need to protect territorial borders on the water bodies. Military operations in the oceans are very risky due to the violent tides thus there has been need to use spy boats that do not require any human on board. This is very significant in making the country secure from external attackers.

It has become possible to collect necessary information regarding the sea weather and the strength of the ways and tides. This information has been useful especially by ship captains who can easily navigate the ship and know which areas to avoid. These have brought about significant reduction in the marine tragedies related to bad harsh sea weather.

This technology has also been used by subversive groups of people who are able to leak into the security organizations and manning of entry points to a country. This has facilitated unauthorized entry and settlements in to the target countries. This has caused a number of terror activities in the country making the citizens live in fear.

Numerous shortcomings have been downsized the level of results expected. Some vessels easily develop technical problems while on their operations. There is also a problem of bad network which may result to total disappearance of these boats and they cannot be traced. The waves may result to the sinking of the vessels.




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