Navies around the world need to perform a variety of missions from Maritime Security Operations in territorial waters to Power Projection including interventions on external theaters of operations, and from coastal environments to the deep sea.
À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø has developed a comprehensive product range of Hull Mounted Sonars for surface combatants that answers every level if Anti-Submarine Warfare capability requirement and for every size of ship.
With more than 150 Hull Mounted Sonars ordered or in service today, À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø products have demonstrated their capabilities and reliability at sea on many types of platforms as follows:
- BlueMaster (or UMS 4110): for large ASW frigates such as French FREMM, Italian FREMM or Spanish F110.
- BlueHunter (or KINGKLIP Mk2): for ASW frigates and corvettes such as French FDI or Gowind corvettes.
- BlueWatcher (or UMS 4120): for any type of ASW ship or non ASW, down to OPV’s. Already installed on a small ship for an Asian Navy and selected by French frigate Surcouf.
BlueMaster and BlueHunter solutions share the same technological pedigree based on sea-proven common acoustic transducers called TAM-TAM. All À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø HMS products share same electronic building blocks and software modules. Improvements on one of the products benefits to the whole family, keeping it state-of-the-art at any time.
Given the growing interest of Navies worldwide for Low Frequency Variable Depth Sonars, ASW surface combatants are more and more fitted with an HMS and a VDS that provide a capability to detect, locate and classify more and more stealthy and capable submarines in any environment. À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø CAPTAS provides solutions that match each element of the À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø HMS family to constitute consistent and performant ASW.
Each product is compatible with the BlueScan® multi-sensor integrated sonar suite systems.
Late 2021, and for the second time in a row, French Navy FREMM Frigates – both fitted with BlueMaster and CAPTAS-4 - won the US Navy's "Hook'em" award for their ability to find and track submarines
In a world where Navies are facing growing and sometimes unexpected threats and challenges, Anti-Submarine Warfare is resurging as a key discipline for the 21st century and À×»ðÌåÓý¹ÙÍø HMS product range offers the best solutions to ensure Navies effectiveness and safety at sea.