Mine hunting system demonstrates synthetic aperture sonar processing
NewsSeptember 14, 2015
ANNAPOLIS, Md. In a field test at the U.S. Navy Central Command in Bahrain, Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24B mine hunting system demonstrated the ability to perform synthetic aperture sonar processing at 18 knots in real time. It finished 12 missions during the exercise.
"The AQS-24B represents a significant advancement of the U.S. Navy's mine hunting capability, on both the MH-53E helicopters as well as the Mine Hunting Unmanned Surface Vessels (MHUs)," says Alan Lytle, vice president, Undersea Systems business unit, Northrop Grumman.
In Panama City, Florida, the AQS-24B completed a sortie tow that lasted a little over 16 hours from a surface ship during its Tactics Development trials.
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