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Monday, March 28, 2011

Lockheed Martin to build upgraded towed-array sonar systems for Navy cruiser and destroyer surface warships

Ticonderoga cruiserAnti-submarine warfare (ASW) sonar experts at the Lockheed Martin Corp. Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) segment in Liverpool, N.Y., will build AN/SQR-20 Multi-Function Towed Array (MFTA) sonar systems for U.S. Navy cruiser and destroyer surface warships under terms of a $7.9 million contract modification announced Friday.

The MFTA is long, thin towed-array sonar that is three inches in diameter that can be towed behind Navy surface warships and function as one active and passive sonar component of the AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 ASW combat system.

The MFTA is intended to replace the AN/SQR-19 tactical towed array system (TACTAS) in the SQQ-89. Lockheed Martin first received a production contact for the new MFTA in 2008.

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