Rapid Mobile Geotechnical Measurement System for Amphibious Operations

The Sea Otter program objective is to design a new vehicle which adds considerable capability to existing systems by taking advantage of recent developments and advancements in electronics and navigational technology. It will be a modular, long range long-duration bottom crawling system that can complete several near shore and on shore missions in denied territory. It will be designed to operate amphibiously and largely autonomously with report back abilities. The primary features focus is on its flexibility in delivery means, and the range of payloads it can carry. Low ground pressures will allow it to transit swamp and soft littoral soils carrying out trafficability, sampling and mapping functions, making it useful for many non DoD applications such as dredge monitoring, environmental sampling in area s that are difficult for humans to transgress. Riverine profiling and current mapping are within the Sea Otters designed capabilities.