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Sonobuoys are deployed onto the sea surface and used for detection, classification and localisation of submarines.

Ultra Secures British Sonobuoy Test Facility Upgrade Deal with QinetiQ

: Sep 23, 2020 - : 2:44 am

Ultra is has signed a deal with QinetiQ to support the company  in replacing the entire Sonobuoy Test Facility (STF) system at the British Underwater Test & Evaluation Centre, MOD BUTEC.

The work includes replacing the Software Defined Sonobuoy Receivers (SDSRs), the Command function transmitters as well as a suite of analysis software for the Ground Monitoring Station which provides control, monitoring, recording and analysis capabilities for the Sonobuoy on test.

QinetiQ and Ultra will collaborate to deliver the STF requirements with QinetiQ providing the COTS computer equipment including networking, data storage and installation.

New capabilities, which include user friendly graphics and the reuse of seabed hardware to replace surface test equipment, will offer savings to the customer. Not having to deploy equipment manually from a small boat means the new system will be safer and less time consuming to use.

“We are pleased to continue our relationship with QinetiQ in the UK, providing complex solutions for test and evaluation of underwater warfare systems and equipment,” said Mike Williams, Ultra Command & Sonar Systems Managing Director.

Ultra has supplied sonobuoys, sonobuoy receivers and sonobuoy command transmitters to navies worldwide for airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), for over 70 years. Sonobuoys are deployed onto the sea surface and used for detection, classification and localisation of submarines. Test and training for UK sonobuoys is undertaken at the STF at MOD BUTEC in North West Scotland.

Ultra is also a leader in multi-static acoustic processing techniques that increase the probability of detection of submarines and is at the forefront of developing solutions to enable unmanned air vehicles to conduct airborne ASW missions effectively.

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