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Friday, November 25, 2011

L-3 ELAC Nautik Sonar Successfully Demonstrated Within MANTA System

Walrus classL-3 ELAC Nautik announced today that its mine avoidance sonar was successfully demonstrated as part of the Mine Avoidance Intercept and Analysis (MANTA) system for the WALRUS class submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy.

The MANTA system was presented to vice admiral Matthieu Borsboom, commander of the Royal Netherlands Navy, and rear admiral Klaas Visser, director of weapon systems at the Dutch Defence Material Organisation (DMO) on Friday 26 August.

The L-3 ELAC Nautik sonar for MANTA is based on the SCOUT system, which features forward-looking mine and obstacle avoidance, as well as bottom and surface mapping.

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