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BAE Highlights New Critical Minehunting Capability for US Navy
BAE Systems in an event today showcased new cutting-edge minehunting capability it is providing the U.S. Navy to enable the AVENGER Class Mine Countermeasures ships to detect stealthy mines in challenging and cluttered underwater environments. BAE Systems also announced it has delivered the second AN/SQQ-32(V)4 Mine Hunting Sonar System – for ship installation in Sasebo, [...]
Bluefin’s Advanced UUVs for Navy’s LCS Surface Mine Countermeasures
Bluefin Robotics, a leader in the design and manufacturing of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs) is being awarded a subcontract from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for engineering and manufacturing of the Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (SMCM UUV). As a critical part of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Warfare mission package, the SMCM [...]
US Navy Exercise Proves Critical Fleet Mine Countermeasure Capabilities
The U.S. Navy announced the successful launch and recovery of the Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) carrying the Raytheon-developed AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar. The launch and recovery was the first demonstration of the unmanned, remotely-operated RMMV deployed from the USS Independence (LCS 2) while underway. AN/AQS-20A is a critical element of the U.S. Navy’s mine countermeasure capability [...]
Thales Sonars Key to Royal Navy Mine Warfare Operations
Thales UK’s world-class minehunting sonars are playing a vital role in the Royal Navy (RN) humanitarian operation to protect the people of Libya during the continuing civil unrest. We are proud that sonars 2093 and 2193 continue to support such vital operations…”For the past three months HMS Brocklesby, a Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV), has [...]
NATO mine-hunters sweep approaches to Misrata harbor
NATO mine-countermeasures ships are sweeping the approaches to Misrata harbour. This is to provide the greatest possible protection after pro-Qadhafi forces in four small boats dropped three mines in the vicinity of the harbour on Friday. This was a clear attempt to cut off traffic going in and out of the harbour, most of which [...]
Thales Minehunting Sonars Put to the Test In Gulf Exercise
EURONAVAL: Four Royal Navy (RN) mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) fitted with Thales UK’s minehunting sonars have been taking part in a series of important joint exercises with the US Navy (USN) in the Arabian Gulf, where their detection performance has been described by the RN as ‘world beating’. The exercises were designed to enable the [...]
Royal Navy Mine Countermeasures Flotilla Sails for Exercise in the Gulf
Four Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) departed Bahrain recently for a ten-day exercise with their counterparts from the US Navy in the Gulf. The exercise is designed to enable the two navies to further develop mine hunting techniques in the warm, shallow waters of the Middle East, which form a busy and important maritime [...]
Singapore Navy to Upgrade Mine Countermeasures Vessels
Following a call for international tender, the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) of Singapore awarded Thales with the Life Extension Programme (LEP) of its 4 Bedok class mine-countermeasure vessels. This significant contract highlights the relevance of both Thales’s naval technology portfolio and its comprehensive set of skills and capabilities to address key modernisation programs [...]
