Ultra supports Danish acquisition of SeaScout
The Integrated Logistic Support (ILS) engineering team from Ultra Sonar Systems is supporting the delivery to the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) of a SeaScout mine-hunting sonar solution from Kraken Robotic Systems.
SeaScout (pictured in its stowed configuration) was chosen in September 2020 when Danish procurement agency DALO awarded Kraken a contract worth about $30 million.
Ultra announced on 26 January 2021 that it will provide expert support to Kraken ‘throughout the delivery phase in the production of ILS documentation, as well as supporting Kraken’s installation and commissioning teams in the field, with an option to continue to support the complete SeaScout system throughout the lifecycle once it is in service with the Danish Navy’.
SeaScout comprises the Katfish vehicle with AquaPix towed synthetic aperture radar; Tentacle winch; and Autonomous Launch and Recovery System. It will be installed on optionally unmanned RDN vessels for mine countermeasure operations.
Operators will search for seabed and tethered mines from a safe distance in real time. Information will be transmitted to both manned and unmanned platforms (through the tow cable and radio respectively) and objects of interest will be tagged for closer inspection.
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