GPS doesn't work when submarines submerge, instead crews rely on the Inertial Navigation System, tracking the submarine in ...

“You don't need a ship or submarine that makes noise. This will sit there in an ocean current and be stiff,” Carlo Zaffanella ...

PARIS — French defense-electronics maker Thales won a contract to supply the entire sonar and acoustics suite for the Royal Netherlands Navy Orka-class submarine fleet to be built by Naval Group, the ...

The companies’ tie-up follows sea trials, funded by the United States Office of Naval Research, during which Saildrone’s ...

Fitted to the array is sophisticated sonar equipment, which, in this incident, was in a collision with the Russian submarine. HMS Northumberland was tracking the underwater vessel at the time of ...

It's only accurate for up to 150 hours before the submarine needs to resurface for the system to be recalibrated with GPS. SONAR is a significant tool for submarines as well, and is mainly for ...

This is why underwater sonar is the primary means of locating submarines. A whale, a rock or a submarine? The military distinguishes between active and passive sonar. Like a radar device ...

Remember, when in a submarine one must think up and down as well as left and right. Sonar technicians are able to look at the sound waves and identify their source with extreme accuracy.

The submarine’s sonar has difficulty detecting vessels that are behind it. Investigators with the Japan Coast Guard’s 5th Regional Headquarters suspect professional negligence endangering ...

Thales will supply the integrated sonar suite that will equip the RNLN's four new Orka-class submarines. (Thales) The Underwater Systems business of Thales has secured a multimillion-euro contract ...