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Raytheon, U.S. Navy improve anti-mine sonar
by Richard Tomkins
Portsmouth, R.I. (UPI) Aug 31, 2016


Northrop Grumman gets $41 million for infrared countermeasures
Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2016 - Northrop Grumman Systems has received a $41 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures, or LAIRCM, Line Replaceable Unit acquisition.

Work will be performed in Illinois and has an expected completion date of August 2018.

The contract involves a 1.9 percent foreign military sale to Australia and Canada.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity.

The LAIRCM automatically detects a missile launch, determines if it is a threat and activates a high-intensity, laser-based countermeasure system to track and defeat the missile.

Northrop Grumman's assorted infrared countermeasure systems are installed or scheduled for installation on more than 1,000 military aircraft worldwide.

Raytheon reports its AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar has been enhanced for better performance, including sharper imaging of objects deep under the sea.

The improvement in the system's ability to identify and classify mines is the result of a collaborative agreement with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center -- Division Newport, it said.

"Together with NUWC, we've applied our collective expertise to enhance this critical undersea warfare technology -- and we've achieved outstanding results," said Paul Ferraro, vice president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Seapower Capability Systems. "Building on the system's proven performance, we've increased its ability to go further and see objects more clearly -- critical abilities for the Navy's mine warfare mission."

The collaboration -- through a company-funded "work for private party" contract -- included at sea testing of the sonar enhancementsIn the tests, the AN/AQS-20A's optimized sonars captured images of the ocean floor with enough clarity to see the contents of lobster pots, Raytheon said.

The AN/AQS-20A is the only mine-hunting sonar currently in production for the U.S. Navy. It is also the only system certified for deployment from the Navy's Littoral Combat Ships.


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