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Monday, September 10, 2012

ATLAS NA SeaFox mine neutralization system demonstrates capabilites during US Navy exercise


The SeaFox™ mine neutralization system, delivered by ATLAS North America (ATLAS NA), a subsidiary of the German-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK GmbH, once again proved its effectiveness in performing unmanned mine countermeasure missions, when participating in Trident Warrior 2012 U.S. Navy Fleet Experiment, July 9-20.

During the Fleet Experiment, Textron/AAI used its Fleet Class Common Unmanned Sur-face Vessel (CUSV) with a L-3 Klein 5000 V2 Side Scan Sonar to investigate a suspected minefield. When detecting a mine-like object, its’ coordinates were input into the SeaFox™ to further prosecute the potential target.

A second CUSV then remotely deployed the SeaFox™ for examining and identifying the exercise-mines, followed by a simulated mine-neutralization.

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