EL CAJON, CALIFORNIA, USA.
SUNWEST
TECHNOLOGIES, INC. reports that Oceaneering Technologies has just
received their second SUPER SEARCH SS300 SONAR for use on another
of the U.S. Navy SUPER SCORPIOs, maintained and operated at the
USN Deep Submergence Unit, NAS, San Diego.
The
first SS300 system for DSU, San Diego, was recently installed on a SUPER
SCORPIO ROV (often referred to as TUWVS) which is taking part in
NATO exercises off the
coast of Denmark.
SUNWEST’s
SS300 CTFM sonar received excellent reviews when recently evaluated
onboard the British LR5 manned rescue submersible at Fort William
Sound in Scotland. The
SUNWEST engineers report that the LR5 crew, who demonstrated a high
degree of skill with the sonar, indicated that CTFM is a requirement for
the LR5 due to the ability to identify targets by the audio tones
characteristic of CTFM. The SS300 was evaluated as a replacement for the aging
250 CTFMs that have been in service on manned subs and ROVs for more
than 20 years.
