The Variable Depth Sonar allows sailors to place the sonar "beneath this layer," Ailes said. MFTA is a towed array sonar system, tethered to the ship, ...

The Navy recently conducted a series of tests to improve the mine hunting ability of the AN/AQS-20A Variable Depth Sonar system used on littoral combat ships, the sea service announced Thursday.

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on 7 February released an RfI on potential sources for a mature, fielded variable-depth sonar (VDS) system that could equip the in-development Constellation-class ...

Variable-depth sonar to equip 15 new vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy. Lockheed Martin Canada has awarded Ultra Electronics Maritime Sonar Systems a subcontract to provide a variable-depth sonar ...

The Italian FREMM Alpino prepares to deploy its variable-depth sonar in May 2018. (Staff photo by David B. Larter) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy will end its work with Raytheon Technologies ...

Unlike the Navy’s current bow-mounted sonars, the so-called variable-depth sonar can be “placed at a depth that has the highest probability of getting a target acquisition,” Bock said.

The Variable Depth Sonar, VDS, and Multi-Function Towed Array, MFTA, scan the undersea domain searching for acoustic signals and frequencies consistent with an enemy submarine; information is then ...

Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), a subsidiary of Thales, has delivered the first CAPTAS-4 sonar for the U.S. Navy's Constellation class Frigates (FFG). Prime contractor Fincantieri Marinette ...

Phase II calls for testing the virtual assistant on the hull-mounted sonar fitted to Navy cruisers and destroyers, as well as the Variable Depth Sonar on Littoral Combat Ships.