LBL & SSBL Acoustic Navigation Systems

Sonatech, LLC supplies long baseline (LBL) and super-short baseline (SSBL) acoustic navigation systems. Its acoustic test tanks are equipped to test multi-element super-short baseline hydrophones. Sonatech lists this product line on its home page among its underwater acoustic solutions. The company designs, develops, manufactures and fields customised sonar and navigation subsystems for US Navy underwater acoustic projects and programs, and these subsystems are routinely placed in mission-critical applications where high performance and high reliability are mandatory.

Key features

• Typically battery-powered and self-contained
• Optimised for space, weight and power
• Designed to survive for years in the harsh ocean environment
• Deployed on or from surface ships, submarines, UUVs, USVs and ROVs, or air-launched
• Designed and built at Sonatech's engineering and manufacturing center in Santa Barbara, California

The website does not publish model names or technical specifications for this line.