WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday.

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, that is able to receive and transmit signals ...

A Ministry of Defense Spokesperson said: ”In late 2020 a Russian submarine being tracked by HMS Northumberland came into contact with her towed array sonar.“ ”The Royal Navy regularly tracks ...

to replace a failed towed array sonar. While conducting a scheduled pick-up of a new pilot at Fort Clinch, Florida, near the entrance to St. Marys River, which approaches the base, the sub ...

towed array sonar components, tow cables, tow cable components, and ancillary equipment and components for all U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) towed array sonar systems in the current ...

The TB-37 MFTA is the next generation passive and active sonar receiver. It affords several enhancements to the AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array System allowing greater ... under the Foreign Military ...

Lockheed Martin's plant at Electronics Park in Salina will supply towed-array sonar ... and builds radar, sonar and other electronic warfare sensors used by the military. Pentagon officials ...