List of contributors vii
 Foreword ix
 Introduction xi
 Abbreviations and acronyms xvii
 Distributed Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation for Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Development -- Issues and Applications 1(18)
 Jonathan Evans
 David Lane
 Power Sources for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles 19(18)
 Suleiman M. Abu Sharkh
 Gwyn Griffiths
 Andrew T. Webb
 Autonomous Buoyancy-driven Underwater Gliders 37(22)
 Russ E. Davis
 Charles C. Eriksen
 Clayton P. Jones
 Solar Powered Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 59(18)
 D. Richard Blidberg
 Mikhail D. Ageev
 Advanced Materials and their Influence on the Structural Design of AUVs 77(16)
 Peter Stevenson
 Derek Graham
 Docking Systems 93(16)
 Robin Galletti Di Cadilhac
 Attilio Brighenti
 Propulsion Systems for AUVs 109(18)
 Suleiman M. Abu Sharkh
 AUV Tasks in the Offshore Industry 127(12)
 Edwin F.S. Danson
 Multidisciplinary Ocean Science Applications of an AUV: The Autosub Science Missions Programme 139(22)
 Autosub Science and Engineering Teams
 Defence Applications for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles 161(18)
 Simon Corfield
 Christopher Hillenbrand
 Detailed Seabed Surveys with AUVs 179(24)
 BjØrn Jalving
 Karstein Vestgard
 Nils Storkersen
 AUVs for Surveys in Complex Environments 203(14)
 Anders Bjerrum
 Cargo Carrying AUVs 217(10)
 James S. Ferguson
 Semi-submersible AUVs 227(18)
 James S. Ferguson
 AUV Sensors for Marine Research 245(34)
 Lawrence C. Langebrake
 Logistics, Risks and Procedures Concerning Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 279(16)
 Gwyn Griffiths
 Nicholas W. Millard
 Roland Rogers
 The Legal Regime Governing the Operation of AUVs 295(20)
 E. D. Brown
 References 315(16)
 Index 331