Automated control system for joint actions of marine robotic complexes and unmanned vessels

Sergey Makarenko¹, Konstantin Kozlov²

¹Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University 'LETI'.
²"Institute of Telecommunications" Company.

DOI 10.24412/2410-9916-2026-1-001-034

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Relevance. The Special Military Operation (SMO) that Russia is conducting in Ukraine is leading to a change in the tactics of military formations of the Navy, as well as their organization and weapons used. Currently, the massive use of marine robotic systems (MRSs), unmanned vessels (UMVs) is one of the main features of conducting combat operations (CO) on sea. MRSs and UMVs are used both for reconnaissance and for striking surface ships, coastal facilities, and even ground targets in the deep coastal zone. The purpose of the work is to form proposals on the purpose, tasks and technical appearance of a potentially possible automated control system (ACS), which could ensure massive and group use MRSs and UMVs to solve special tasks of the Navy. Novelty. These proposals are formed on the basis of an analysis of the features of the use of UMVs in modern CO, using the example of Russian's SMO and the analysis of ACS-prototypes. Suggestions on the purpose, tasks and technical appearance of the UMVs ACS for solving special tasks of the Navy are the results described in the article. Practical significance. The proposals for the creation of UMVs ACS, which are presented in the work, are aimed at the command staff of the Navy, military authorities, specialists in the field of new means and methods of conducting CO at sea at the tactical level. Suggestions on the technical appearance of the UMVs ACS are addressed to technical specialists.

Key words

unmanned vessel, unmanned boat, robotic complex, marine robotic complex, unmanned military vessel, unmanned military cutter, military robotic complex, navy, special military operation, automated control system, group control, multi-agent control, combat operations, communications, control.

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Makarenko S. I., Kozlov K. V. Automated control system for joint actions of marine robotic complexes and unmanned vessels. Systems of Control, Communication and Security, 2026, no. 1, pp. 1-34. DOI: 10.24412/2410-9916-2026-1-001-034 (in Russian).

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