ANNAPOLIS, Md., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The first of three lots of mine-hunting AQS-24B sonar upgrade kits have been delivered by Northrop Grumman to the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center in Florida.
The kits for upgrading 27 AQS-24A mine-hunting systems into the more advanced AQS-24B system will eliminate issues of diminishing material while increasing performance by adding a high-speed synthetic aperture sonar, which increases sonar resolution by a factor of three while maintaining 18 knots speed performance.