Antisubmarine Warfare Area System

Abstract

WELSE S.p.A., Genoa, Italy has developed an Antisubmarine Warfare Area System (ASWAS) as an underwater defense system for naval bases, coastal installations, harbors, offshore platforms, straits, and sea areas. The ASWAS was designed to operate as an underwater gate against possible attacks from submarines and minisubmarines. It uses a barrier of sensors deployed on the sea bottom and linked via cable to an ashore-based control station. The system is able to interdict the access to naval bases or harbors and/or control the underwater traffic through straits and sea areas of interest. The underwater barrier is composed of sensor units providing a double sequential detection of the underwater vehicle or submarine, based on the activation of a magnetic sensor and the subsequent triggering of an acoustic device as a confirmation. The control station is based on a single manned console.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 17, 1989
Accession Number
ADA233491

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antisubmarine Warfare
  • Defense Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Materials
  • Middle East
  • Military Applications
  • Military Research
  • New York
  • Standards
  • Submarines
  • Target Tracking
  • Underwater Vehicles
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies