General Dynamics [GD] has announced it has developed a next generation system for airborne acoustic processing that it says will bring enhanced capability to detecting deep and coastal water threats.
The UYS-505 system, developed by General Dynamics Canada, is named VENOM. VENOM leverages commercial advances in hardware and signal processing techniques designed to detection of submerged threats, the company said yesterday.
It is designed to operate off of rotary-and fixed-wing aircraft and to work with passive and active sonar.
“Airborne acoustic processing has become more complex,” said David Ibbetson, the general manager General Dynamics Canada. “Additionally, many of the legacy solutions that are still used on fixed and rotary-wing aircraft were designed 15 to 20 years ago and lag current technology.”
VENOM “allows operators to find a target quickly and hold onto it for as long as necessary,” he added. “Plus, it is considerably smaller and lighter than current systems, which eliminates the need for large, bulky processors and their accompanying hardware and harnesses.”