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Thales showcases its Captas-2 Variable Depth Sonar at Balt Military Expo 2016.
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 The CAPTAS-2 Variable Depth Sonar at Balt Military Expo 2016 |
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The
CAPTAS-2 Variable Depth Sonar comprises state-of-the-art innovative technologies
that provides a high source level in a compact array. Furthermore, Thales’s
unique towed triplet receive array provides instant left/right ambiguity
resolution, and is ideally suited for torpedo defence.Thales is the European
leader in naval radars and number one internationally for sonars and underwater
systems. This new success confirms the position of the Group as a trusted
partner to Navies worldwide. Thanks to substantial investments into the development of the CAPTAS family, CAPTAS-2 has benefitted from the on-going evolution of Thales’s sea proven technologies, ranging from acoustic components to the most state-of-the-art software processing. Within the last 20 years, more than €250M of Research & Development investment has allowed Thales to build an unprecedented expertise in very low frequency active towed sonars. Thales’s leading position in many fields such as wideband free-flooded ring transducers and triplet receive arrays, has enabled the company to develop the best Anti-Submarine Warfare tactical assets with the CAPTAS sonars. Operational at sea in major navies, the CAPTAS family is de-facto the world’s lowest frequency VDS standard with the largest installed base. It is also the only low frequency VDS servicing NATO countries and in service with multiple navies including the Norwegian Navy, the Royal Saudi Navy, the UK Royal Navy, the French Navy, the Italian Navy, the Royal Moroccan Navy and the UAE Navy. Furthermore, CAPTAS has been selected by the US Navy for an Advanced Demonstration Model (ADM). CAPTAS-2 compactness would make it a good fit for the Miecznik defense coastal vessel project of the Polish Navy. |
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