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    A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a...
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  • Sonar 2087 (sometimes shortened to S2087, part of an overall sonar product CAPTAS-4) is a towed array sonar designed and manufactured by Thales Underwater...
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    AN/UQQ-2 Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS), colloquially referred to as the ship's "Tail", is a towed array sonar system of the United States...
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    out of use since the advent of the towed-array sonar, which negates the baffles' blind spot. Since a sonar array is extremely sensitive to underwater...
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    bow-mounted sonar and a towed array sonar, though several Flight IIA ships do not have a towed array. The towed array is either the AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array...
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    Side-scan sonar (also sometimes called side scan sonar, sidescan sonar, side imaging sonar, side-imaging sonar and bottom classification sonar) is a category...
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    capable of intercepting MRBMs. The Full version includes an Active Towed Array Sonar and a full suite of EW: RESM, CESM, RECM. All configurations have...
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  • by Thales for the SNLE 3G is expected to replace the ETBF DSUV 62C towed array sonar on the Barracuda-class submarines. The Exocet and VL MICA missiles...
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    hull-mounted active/passive search sonar, the Type 2082 a passive intercept and ranging sonar, and the Type 2046 a towed array sonar operating at very low frequency...
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    primarily active in operation, while towed arrays are passive. An example of a modern active-passive ship towed sonar is Sonar 2087 made by Thales Underwater...
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