A Survey of Missions for Unmanned Undersea Vehicles

RAND identifies seven military missions for unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs)--mine countermeasures, deployment of leave-behind surveillance sensors or sensor arrays, near-land and harbor monitoring, oceanography, monitoring undersea infrastructure, anti-submarine warfare tracking, and inspection/identification--that appear most promising to pursue in terms of military need, operational and technical risks, non-UUV alternatives, and cost.