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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Towed-array sonar underwater technology for anti-submarine warfare on Littoral Combat Ship provided by DRS

USS Freedom (LCS-1)Anti-submarine warfare experts at DRS Sonar Systems LLC in Gaithersburg, Md., are providing a towed-array sonar subsystem for the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship under terms of a $9.7 million contract from Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division in Newport, R.I., DRS announced today.

DRS will provide underwater technology consisting of a towed active subsystem that will be integrated into a variable depth sonar (VDS) anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system for a Littoral Combat Ship. The LCS VDS Advanced Development Model (ADM) should undergo a sea test in 2012.

The LCS VDS will detect submerged submarines off the shallow-water coastal and harbor waters, as well as in the deep open ocean.

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