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UDT 2016: US Navy increases mine detection capability

29th April 2016 - 12:16 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a $20,406,692 contract for the procurement of up to four AN/AQS-20A sonar mine detecting sets.

The AN/AQS-20A sonar is the designated minehunting sonar for the Littoral Combat Ship’s (LCS) mine countermeasure mission package.  

The work will be carried out ay Raytheon’s site in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, with a completion date of July 2018 according to the 26 April contract.

Deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as the variable depth sonar for the AN/WLD-1 Remote Minehunting System (RMS), the AN/AQS-20A system is towed undersea to scan the water in front, below and to

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