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    A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a...
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    AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), colloquially referred to as the ship's "Tail", is a towed array sonar system of the United States...
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  • The Sonar 2087 (sometimes shortened to S2087) is a towed array sonar developed by Thales Underwater Systems (TUS). Manufactured in the United Kingdom,...
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    out of use since the advent of the towed-array sonar, which negates the baffles' blind spot. Since a sonar array is extremely sensitive to underwater...
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    bow-mounted sonar and a towed array sonar, though several Flight IIA ships do not have a towed array. The towed array is either the AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array...
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    primarily active in operation, while towed arrays are passive. An example of a modern active-passive ship towed sonar is Sonar 2087 made by Thales Underwater...
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  • CAPTAS-4 (category Sonar)
    The CAPTAS-4 is a towed array sonar developed by Thales Underwater Systems to equip first-rank surface combatants. Manufactured in Brest, France, it represents...
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    sensor arrays Phased array – Array of antennas creating a steerable beam Sonar 2087 – Towed array sonar Synthetic aperture sonar – Form of sonar using...
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    suite consisting of BEL HUMSA hull-mounted sonar and Thales ATAS towed array sonar. The electronic warfare suite originally consisted of BEL Ajanta Mk...
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    capable of intercepting MRBMs. The Full version includes an Active Towed Array Sonar and a full suite of EW: RESM, CESM, RECM. All configurations have...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Cleopatra (F28)
    Devonport to be converted to carry the new Type 1031 towed array sonar. To accommodate the new sonar changes were made to reduce topweight. The forward...
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    Type 23 was intended to be a light anti-submarine frigate with a towed array sonar to counter Soviet nuclear submarines operating in the North Atlantic...
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    arrays are used in naval sonar, in active (transmit and receive) and passive (receive only) and hull-mounted and towed array sonar. The MESSENGER spacecraft...
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    Incheon-class frigate. Modifications to the Incheon class include a TB-250K towed array sonar system and a 16-cell Korean Vertical Launching System (K-VLS), that...
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    hull-mounted active/passive search sonar, the Type 2082 a passive intercept and ranging sonar, and the Type 2046 a towed array sonar operating at very low frequency...
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  • by Thales for the SNLE 3G is expected to replace the ETBF DSUV 62C towed array sonar on the Barracuda-class submarines. The Exocet SM39 submarine-launched...
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    equipment of the Royal Thai Navy ATLAS ELEKTRONIK to deliver Bow and Towed Sonar systems for new Royal Thai Navy frigate Nanuamy, Wassana (19 December...
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  • and passive sonar systems including bow, fin, flank and towed arrays. Known components include: Type 2077 Parian obstacle avoidance sonar Type 2081 environmental...
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    December 1980. She was the test platform for the AN/SQR 19(V) tactical towed array sonar (TACTAS) in 1982. Moosbrugger received the Meritorious Unit Commendation...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Matapan (D43)
    Late in her career, Matapan also undertook testing of an alternative Towed Array Sonar, Type 2031, which offered the improved performance of the Type 2016...
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    a BBC television drama series. Subsequently fitted with Type 2031 towed array sonar KRI Slamet Riyadi was decommissioned on 16 August 2019. Purvis, M...
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  • Thumbnail for Miguel Malvar-class frigate
    electronic support measures (R-ESM) system; a hull mounted sonar (HMS); a towed array sonar (TAS) which would be included upon delivery, compared to being...
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    suite and anti-aircraft missiles, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, anti-surface warfare (ASUW) with Harpoon...
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    system, an intercept array, a passive towed-array sonar, and signal processing racks. The sensors in this sonar suite will be derived from the sensors...
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  • and China. The ships will be SWATH catamarans, and carry SURTASS towed array sonar for anti-submarine warfare, as well as collecting acoustic data for...
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    system, which includes a larger spherical sonar array, a wide aperture array (WAA), and a new towed-array sonar. Each boat is powered by a single S6W nuclear...
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    Multi-function towed array sonar and handling system (AN/SQR-20) Although Zumwalt ships have an integrated suite of undersea sensors and a multi-function towed array...
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  • speed of 30 knots, a stern towed array sonar deployment tube, and a hump behind the sail; the hump is likely for the towed array handling gear and is not...
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  • Thumbnail for USS O'Brien (DD-975)
    Following the installation of an advanced towed array sonar system in 1987, O'Brien conducted experimental sonar evaluation operations in the Northern Pacific...
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  • strikes with GEZGIN cruise missiles; anti-submarine warfare (ASW) with towed array sonar, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopters; and anti-surface warfare...
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