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While not exactly "submarine specific" in and of itself, it gives us "situational awareness" of what Friendly/Foe Submariners face out there with today's tech.
DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency was testing a revolutionary littoral water system that performed better than expected. It was called "Distant Thunder," a reference to the rumble it made when transmitting.
Formally named NetSAT, it was a network of acoustic sensors that could be deployed from a standard cargo container from any ship anywhere in the world.
It built a three-dimensional image of the waters space around it and classified contacts as they transited through the area. NetSAT is disposable and is not recovered after use.
DARPA Distant Thunder NetSAT Project Video
Another one of Aaron's great lectures.
(Brings me back 40 year's when we dealt with SOSUS intel!)
DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency was testing a revolutionary littoral water system that performed better than expected. It was called "Distant Thunder," a reference to the rumble it made when transmitting.
Formally named NetSAT, it was a network of acoustic sensors that could be deployed from a standard cargo container from any ship anywhere in the world.
It built a three-dimensional image of the waters space around it and classified contacts as they transited through the area. NetSAT is disposable and is not recovered after use.
DARPA Distant Thunder NetSAT Project Video
Another one of Aaron's great lectures.
(Brings me back 40 year's when we dealt with SOSUS intel!)