Manufacturing Spec Sheet - AUVAC
Manufacturing Spec Sheet - AUVAC
Manufacturing Spec Sheet - AUVAC
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www.vctinc.com<br />
COMPANY HISTORY<br />
Founded in 1993 by Dr. Douglas Humphreys and Mr.<br />
Kenneth W. Watkinson, Vehicle Control Technologies,<br />
Inc. (VCT) is a valued member of vehicle design teams<br />
at Navy shipbuilders, weapon system prime contractors<br />
and Navy laboratories. The VCT team continues a commitment<br />
to excellence and service spanning more than<br />
40 years – 30 years in the private industry (Titan Research<br />
& Technologies) and 10 in the Navy laboratory system.<br />
VCT is a small business with 22 employees, having started<br />
as a transition of personnel and technology from the<br />
ARAP group of Titan Research and Technologies.<br />
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Hybrid<br />
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MANAGEMENT TEAM<br />
Dr. Douglas E. Humphreys, President<br />
Dr. Humphreys is a senior consultant to both industry and government agencies, primarily on U.S.<br />
Navy research projects in dynamics and control, simulation, and design of both hydrodynamic<br />
and aerodynamic vehicles. He has conducted research, design and analysis of the dynamics and<br />
control of numerous underwater vehicles, performing studies and simulations on the four newest<br />
U.S. fleet submarines and control surface design concepts for the SSN 21 and the new Virginia<br />
class. He has performed design studies covering concept formulation, feasibility analyses,<br />
preliminary design, detailed design and experimental validation on a wide variety of undersea<br />
vehicle systems including AQS-20 Towed Sonar Vehicle and Mk 30 Target Vehicle. 80% of those<br />
applications have been for vehicles with unique or novel geometries, where no previous experimental<br />
data were available. He has conducted the design or analysis of over 350 underwater and<br />
air vehicles, and he has authored more than 200 technical reports.<br />
Dr. Thomas F. Tureaud, Vice President<br />
Since 1994, he has been a Senior Design Engineer at Vehicle Control Technologies, Inc. Dr. Tureaud<br />
manages the underwater development group that includes four Mechanical Engineers and<br />
four Electrical Engineers. At VCT, he has been involved with over 30 designs for underwater systems.<br />
These include an UXO underwater search vehicle; the AQS20 towed system, an automated<br />
docking and launch and recovery system, and several UUV and towed vehicles. He is partner on<br />
two patents, has several patents pending, and is currently the Vice President at VCT.