7514162 - Acquisition of a new Side Scan Sonar system to the Royal Danish Navy MCM (1)

The Royal Danish Navy wants to acquire a replacement for its current Side Scan Sonar (SSS) system, which is the primary sensor for the Danish mine hunting division. In Denmark a towed SSS is used to detect and classify mines and other objects on the seabed. The SSS is towed through the water by an unmanned surface vessel of the RDN MSF class. The MSF and towed body is remotely controlled from a mother platform that can be either a vessel of the type MSD (-HOLM class) or from a dedicated MCM Command and Control (C2) container placed on a ship of opportunity. Live / real time SSS data is transmitted to the mother platform, where the data is monitored and evaluated by a detector and a classifier. (MILCOS) are selected and later identified by an ROV or by a clearance diving team. DALO expects that the replacement SSS system shall be integrated into the RDN MCM concept, hence be able to be operated from the MSF Class unmanned surface vessel. Furthermore, DALO expects the SSS system to be able to operate from 10m water depth to minimum 70m water depth, and preferably up to 140m water depth. The SSS system is expected to be based on SAS sonar technology or SSS with comparable resolution, e.g. a resolution of 10x10cm out to minimum 100m range, and preferably up to 150m range. Finally the SSS system is expected to be able to interface to current MCM Command and Control (C2) system.

05/08/2019 13:00:00

38113000-0  Sonars
35513100-4  Mine hunter/minesweeper
35512400-0  Unmanned underwater vehicles