{"id":1750,"date":"2024-08-13T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T09:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forcys.com\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2024-08-13T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T09:50:48","slug":"dominating-the-underwater-battlespace-the-rise-of-multi-aperture-sonar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forcys.com\/us\/dominating-the-underwater-battlespace-the-rise-of-multi-aperture-sonar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominating the underwater battlespace: The rise of multi-aperture sonar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Multi-Aperture Sonar (MAS) systems have been designed to deliver high-frequency, high-resolution, and long-range imaging data to improve the probability of detection of unexploded ordnance (UXO), mine-like objects, and improvised explosive devices (IED) while minimizing the probability of false alarms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAS outperforms traditional side-scan in virtually all underwater environments and is also known to deliver data approximating synthetic aperture sonar (SAS) at a fraction of the power required. Where MAS truly comes into its own is when operating in shallow to very shallow waters (SW, VSW) across the littoral. In these waters, the acoustic environment is particularly hostile. The output from traditional side-scan and synthetic apertures sonars (SAS) is affected by higher order multi-path reverberation, unstable velocity of sound profiles, often unknown, as well as significant bathymetry, baseline decorrelation effects and platforms that are unstable. The result is far less reliable end sonar products with greater impact to longer range systems. This is particularly acute in tidal and riverine environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the ease of MAS operations is not to be underestimated when planning a deep-water campaign. Effective operations save time and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Deep water AUV operations. Image courtesy of NOAA and Deepwater Surveys of World War II U.S. Cultural Assets in the Saipan Channel.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Because MAS is simple to operate it can be easily integrated into your application. The following are just a few examples in the public domain that illustrate where Solstice MAS from our technology partner Wavefront Systems<\/a> has been integrated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n