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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Baffles (submarine) (section Use of towed array sonars)
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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Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Zumwalt-class destroyer (section Sonar)
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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from two HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes. A tactical towed-array sonar system was planned, but it is not installed yet. The JMSDF intended...
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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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Type 23 frigate (section Sonar 2087)
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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electro-optical tracking system & TMX/EO Mk2 Sonar: Thales CAPTAS-2 ASW suite with hull sonar and towed array sonar The Bofors 57 mm gun will be mounted in...
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such as the rafting of machinery spaces as well as provisions for a towed array sonar to the stern. Mine countermeasure / amphibious warfare / Multi-Mission...
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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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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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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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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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first frigate in April 2021. The compact version of the CAPTAS-4 towed-array sonar, delivers the same ultra-long-range detection performance as the original...
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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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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 052D is also equipped with both variable depth (VDS) and linear towed array sonar. The VDS is deployed through a hinged opening in the transom by a...
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targets. The destroyers are also equipped with the BEL Nagin active towed array sonar. Electronic warfare For electronic warfare (EW), the destroyers are...
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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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