PORTSMOUTH, R.I., Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Raytheon and the U.S. Navy are in collaboration to enhance the imaging capabilities of the company's AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar system.
"Extending our long history of collaboration with our NUWC neighbors, this project brings together our respective sonar experts to maximize the performance of a critical undersea warfare capability," said Kevin Peppe, vice president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Seapower Capability Systems. "Our goal is to build on the system's proven performance and further the advantage that AN/AQS-20A provides to the Navy to safely detect and effectively identify these undersea threats."