DSF-3 Dipping Sonar for Surface Ship

Additional information

The DSF-3 is a dipping sonar system, which is mainly "passive sonar" that detects and tracks submarines and surface vessels. It can estimate movement's data of the vessels by receiving and processing underwater sounds produced by such vessels. This system can also be modified to be "active/passive sonar", with regard to customer requirements. This system has been designed to operate on surface vessels and its antenna is thrown into the water and dives to an appropriate depth by a simple winch. In addition, the system can be minimized as a tactical system, which is able to operate on small ships or boats. In this situation, the antenna is thrown into the water by hand.

TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS

Omni-directional coverage
Maximum range of each array depends on the vessel's type and environmental conditions
Detection of surface vessels and submarines
Tracking three targets simultaneously
Ability to record and play back the received sound
Containing camouflaging and operating without sound radiation (passive mode) Including the standard outputs of sonar systems
Bearing accuracy: 1 degree
Containing an advanced algorithm for estimating the target's bearing and displaying Bearing Time Record (BTR)
Feasible to estimate the spectrum of targets and spectrogram display
Self-testing ability
Ability of data simulation
Operating in environmental conditions up to sea-state 3
Power supply: 220 VAC or UPS as backup

OPTIONS

Adding GIS maps corresponding to desired areas and connecting to GPS or other positioning systems
Processing data and preparing them to send through RS232 bus
Classifying targets and adding them to the vessel's classes