Undersea Signal Processing Program

Program Overview and Organization

The goal is to develop signal processing algorithms that improve the Navy's ability to detect, identify, and locate submarines in shallow and deep ocean environments.  To this end, we fund basic and applied research projects at universities, federal laboratories and industry. The program is organized into the following technical thrusts:

• Active Sonar Signal Processing: Projects focus on active sonar systems for wide area surveillance, distributed search and battle group defense.
• Passive Sonar Signal Processing: Projects focus on signal processing algorithms that detect, classify and locate modern diesel-electric submarines at tactically useful ranges. 
• Data Fusion Technology: The objective of this program is to develop new ways to fuse sonar data from multiple sensors.
• Fundamental Research Initiatives: This program supports basic research in statistical and ocean acoustic signal processing projects conducted at universities throughout North America.