Netherlands proves SMART-L extended long range mode in live tests off Hawaii

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The Royal Netherlands air-defense and command frigate HrMs Tromp (F-803), during the live-firing tests held off Hawaii at the end of 2006, proved the ability of a modified Thales SMART-L multibeam three-dimensional (3-D) volume search radar to detect and track targets representing theatre ballistic missiles (TBMs). The radar's instrumented range was arbitrarily chosen to 480 km for the purpose of the trials, but there seem no obstacles to further extend it to 800 or 1,000 km.

Netherlands, Hawaii, Ship based radar, Ships, Netherlands. Royal Navy

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Operational SeaKeeper test yields high-accuracy minehunting results

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The evaluation of results were successfully completed by the French naval shipbuilder DCN from a French Navy operational sea trial with the prototype SeaKeeper standoff mine countermeasures system. The evaluation was targeted at assessing the SeaKeeperEs ability to survey the Brest Channel for mines.

France, Other Ordnance and Accessories Manufacturing, Marine Mines & Parts, Ammunition, exc. for small arms, not elsewhere classified, Submarine mines, France. Navy, Mines, Submarine

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Silent revolution: DARPA strives to reinvent submarine concept

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The multimillion dollar Tango Bravo programme initiated by DARPA in 2005 could revolutionize the design of submarines which have remained basically unchanged since their development in the early 1950s.

United States, Management dynamics, Management, Product enhancement, Defense programs, Company business management, Submarines, United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Submarine boats, Defence programs

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