Raytheon Delivers US Fleet's First Dual Frequency Sonar
Raytheon Company completed delivery of the electronics for the AN/SQQ-90 tactical sonar suite, the complex sonar for the first ship of the U.S. Navy's DDG 1000-class multimission destroyer. The AN/SQQ-90 tactical sonar suite, the first dual-frequency hull-mounted sonar of the Navy's surface fleet, is a major advancement in undersea warfare capability and will provide broad warfighting coverage to DDG 1000. Raytheon delivered the sonar electronics completely assembled and integrated into an Electronic Modular Enclosure (EME), an innovation to 21st century shipbuilding designed into the Zumwalt-class destroyer program for affordability.
WESMAR Introduces Precision Beam Stabilization
Advanced design holds sonar beam steady even in rough seas adding effective distance and increasing search coverage. WESMAR, long the leading U.S. sonar manufacturer has never lost sight of the need for electronic soundbeam stabilization. Today, after four years of intensive design, drawing on the company’s five decades of sonar leadership, President Bruce H. Blakey announced the introduction of a new sonar, the HD860 series, with Precision Beam Stabilization. “The value of this advancement cannot be overstated,” said Blakey.