LEONARDO ELECTRONICS
WASS ATAS
ACTIVE TOWED
ARRAY SONAR
ATAS (Active Towed Array Sonar) system is a Low and The system performs the following functions:
Medium Frequency Active and Passive Variable Depth
Sonar. The system provides simultaneously: panoramic • Active and Passive Detection and Tracking
surveillance in active mode and passive mode, automatic • Classification of target noise (*)
classification of threats and torpedo alarm. ATAS is the • Interception of the sonar pulse emissions
best trade-off between size, weight and performance. (including torpedo acoustic head pulses)
In comparison with others Variable Depth Sonars, it is • Torpedo Alarm
very small and light, and, despite that, it has a detection • Selection of the best setting for the sonar operating
range, on modern submarines, beyond the first oceanic parameters
convergence zone. • Reverberation and Noise measurements
• Performance Prediction
ATAS consists of the following modules:
• Operator Training
• Power Electronics
(*) The system automatically extracts the acoustic
• Processing Electronics
features of the targets using the following analysis tools:
• Local Console
• Launch and Recovery Sistem
• LOFAR
• Fired Cable
• DEMON
• Towed Body
• MULTIPLE LINE COHERENCE
• Array Towing Cable
• Towed Array
and compares these features with a CDF (Classification
• Tail
Data File) that the Customer has loaded with its own
classified data. The system allows also a manual
Classification based on the displayed extracted features
and on the listening of the audio beam.
The System consists of only two Indoor Cabinets (only one
Processing and one Power Unit) and its HCI can be fully
integrated with Multifunctional Modern Console of CMS.
Every single module of the LARS (Launch and Recovery
System) is designed to weigh less than 3t to be easily
installed/removed from board.
The wet part of the system reaches 300m towing depth, at
typical ASW patrolling speed, even with its limited weight
and its depth regulation is automatic.
Towed Array Mechanical stress tests
Towed Array internal view
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