Long Term Mine Reconnaissance System [LMRS]
The Long Term Mine Reconnaissance System [LMRS] is a clandestine mine reconnaissance system that employs UUVs that are capable of launch and recovery from SSN 688 and NSSN class submarines. The LMRS will provide an early, rapid, accurate means of surveying potential mine fields in support of proposed amphibious operations, other battle group operations, and for safe ship transit around mined waters.
The US Navy's Unmanned Undersea Vehicle program
office recently announced the selection of a team headed by
Boeing Inc. to proceed with detailed design of the Long-Term
Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS). Sonatech, Inc., of
Santa Barbara, California, will be providing all of the acoustic
subsystems for this portion of the LMRS program, which
includes the advanced forward-looking and side-looking mine
detection and classification sonars as well as the
homing/docking and acoustic telemetry sonars
The LMRS is a sophisticated autonomous unmanned
undersea vehicle (UUV) system that will operate clandestinely
from a U.S. Navy nuclear submarine and will be launched
and recovered through the submarine's torpedo tubes. The
LMRS consists of a self-propelled 21-inch diameter
autonomous UUV equipped with mine search and
classification sonars for locating mine-like objects in a naval
operational area of interest.
Sources and Resources
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/weaps/lmrs.htm
Maintained by Robert Sherman
Originally created by John Pike
Updated Friday, January 01, 1999 1:32:02 PM