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NATO UNCLASSIFIED January 29th , 2002 SACLANT UNDERSEA RESEARCH CENTER PRELIMINARY TRIAL PLAN No : A03 TITLE : BP02 PERIODS COVERED : May 6th - June 2nd , 2002 VESSELS INVOLVED : R/V Alliance GEOGRAPHIC AREA : Elba, Framura SCIENTIST IN CHARGE : Edoardo Bovio ENGINEERING COORDINATOR : R. Stoner and P.A. Sletner PROGRAM : 01A, 01B, 03G OTHER COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS : MIT, FFI, Harvard, GESMA, HWU, I3S POC: H. Schmidt (MIT) P. E. Hagen (FFI) A. Robinson (Harvard) B. Zerr (GESMA) D. Lane (HWU) J. Rendas (I3S) SUBMITTED BY: E. Bovio Date PROJECT APPROVAL: Head, REA Date Head, MCM Date Head, ETD Date COORDINATION: Head SMO Date Head ITO Date REVIEWED: Programme Officer Date Naval Advisor Date TEST PLAN APPROVAL: Deputy Director Date DISTRIBUTION: D, DD, N, S, POI, POII, Dept. Heads, SMO, Engineering Coordinators, Participating Personnel, Personnel Office  Payroll Section COMMENTS Head, REA Head, MCM Head ETD Head SMO Head ITO Programme Officer Naval Advisor Deputy Director PURPOSE NATO advanced planning anticipates significant use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) for REA operations in preparation for MCM, ASW and AW activities. The overall objective of programme 01B is to explore and demonstrate the operational benefits and limitations of AUV based sensors for military battlespace preparation applications. Battlespace preparation applications include efficient and clandestine route or reconnaissance surveys of seafloor and water column properties with near-real-time data return. Similarly to GOATS2000, the BP02 sea trial will be a multi-national, multi-disciplinary experiment addressing the utilization of AUVs in coastal waters. SACLANTCEN will operate the OEX, MIT will provide two Odyssey III, WHOI will provide two Rem