New acoustic sensors track underwater drones in U.S. Navy exercise

New acoustic sensors track underwater drones in U.S. Navy exercise

A U.S. Navy exercise focused on undersea autonomy has provided another demonstration of how distributed acoustic sensors could help detect increasingly capable unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) around ports and other critical maritime areas. ThayerMahan said its ShorePicket and Outpost sensing systems detected, classified, localized, and tracked every class of UUV used during Exercise Lanternfish 26, ranging from a vehicle about six inches in …