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Navy Sticks With Current LCS Synthetic Aperture Sonar Minehunters After Review

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018

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Navy Sticks With Current LCS Synthetic Aperture Sonar Minehunters After Review

The Raytheon AN/AQS-20 minehunting sonar system. (Artist’s concept: Raytheon).

The U.S. Navy is sticking with the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mine Countermeasures (MCM) Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) program of record after finding no alternates provide adequate performance, according to a report to Congress.A provision of the FY ’18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required the Defense Department to submit a report explaining SAS technologies and evaluating those suitable for the LCS MCM Mission Package (MP). The report was released by assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and…

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