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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

SAIC joins APS in DARPA project to develop deep sonar to detect quiet hostile submarines

Ray trace diagram |Undersea surveillance experts at Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in Arlington Va., are joining a program to design technology for an extremely deep-operating anti-submarine warfare (ASW) system to help protect U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and their support vessels from quiet enemy attack submarines.

SAIC won a $9.5 million U.S. Navy contract Monday to develop configurable technology to provide ASW surveillance over large deep ocean areas in which potentially hostile submarines might be hiding.

The contract is part of the Deep Sea Operations (DSOP) program of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va. Awarding the contract on behalf of DARPA are officials of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego.

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