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One form of cooperative behavior for a group of AUVs is to fly in formation while performing tasks. A necessary component for formation-flying is that the vehicles must sense their relative positions. Assuming that each vehicle is capable of sensing its inertial position, using an acoustic long-baseline ranging system, the relative vehicle position can be determined by exchanging this data. The penalty...