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  • DARPA is building acoustic GPS for submarines and UUVs

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    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    05.10.2016

    For all the benefits that the Global Positioning System provides to landlubbers and surface ships, GPS signals can't penetrate seawater and therefore can't be used by oceangoing vehicles like submarines or UUVs. That's why DARPA is creating an acoustic navigation system, dubbed POSYDON (Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation), and has awarded the Draper group with its development contract.