Ultra to Demonstrate Enhanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Capability
04 October 2007 10:42
Ultra has announced that its sonar and communication systems business has been awarded a contract worth about £4 million by the UK MoD to demonstrate an enhanced ability to detect submerged submarines. This capability, known as Multi-Static Active (MSA), processes signals from a mixture of active and passive sonobuoys dropped in a pattern in order to improve the ability to find modern, quiet diesel-electric submarines.
The demonstration, to be performed on behalf of the Nimrod integrated project team within the MoD's defence equipment and support division, will deploy a fully operational airborne capability using a Nimrod MR2 maritime patrol aircraft. Data will be gathered from a series of dedicated trial flights in order to inform a decision regarding fitting the capability on the new Nimrod MRA4 fleet. The demonstration, which builds on earlier work undertaken by Ultra and its partner – General Dynamics, from Canada – will be completed, with the submission of final reports, in early 2009.
Ultra, as coordinating design authority for the Nimrod acoustic processing suite, will manage the trials, gather and assess the trials data and provide the necessary sonobuoys. This extended assessment, if successful, will provide the world’s first airborne multi-static, electro-acoustic search system in operational service.
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