Autonomous Vessel with an Air Look

This article presents the conception and assumptions of innovative technology under the acronym AVAL - Autonomous Vessel with an Air Look concerning on Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) which applies UAV for the collection of additional navigation data. The AVAL technology is now developed as an R & D project co-financed by the National Research and Development Center in Poland. The aim of the AVAL project [1] is developing a technology of autonomous marine vessel, which is integrated with navigation devices, autopilots and control systems of the modern ship. AVAL constitutes a breakthrough innovation in the market of maritime transport. One of them is UAV, which is responsible for observation, detection, and recognition of objects in the nearby area. Others are autonomous navigation, automatic negotiations and communication.