Future ASW

[Poiuytrewq]

I've been banging on about this for years....and finally someone is looking to do it...and its BAE of all people...

The Ukrainian War has shown us all how important stockpiles are...and production. The Falklands also demonstrated just how much consumables, like Sonobuoys and Torpedoes, can get expended in a fairly small ASW campaign...and we don't have enough. And they're also getting increasingly expensive as Active Buoys and Multi-Static systems are used more for modern stealthy subs...

It's all good having an MQ-9B Sea Guardian or P-8 Poseidon spamming Sonobuoys all over the place...but if you run out by the end of Week 2 you have a problem...

The solution on ships is a Merlin with dipping sonar...but you might still have to drop some buoys to find a sub and localise it...but what if you could retrieve and re-use that very expensive Sonobuoy, by using an unmanned system to dip it like a FLASH system from a winch...and work in concert with Merlin from a T26 deck (or T31, T32 or River Class etc).

A constantly moving sonobuoy field...a sub skippers nightmare. And far less vulnerable to a sub launched UAV/missile for attack...

Fits in a 20ft ISO...
Will carry Sea Venom
Will carry Brimstone
Will carry RAZER, a 155mm artillery shell with wing kit to support forces on land..
Could carry iMaster with ease...or Osprey 30 AESA

A couple of these in their containers in the mission bay on T26, with Merlin and a couple of Malloy T650....and we've got the whole range of missions covered.

We need to tell Leonardo that they've missed the boat with Proteus...

Dipping Sonar Strix at 3.49

[Poiuytrewq]

Interesting.


RN needs more flat tops!

[Timmymagic]

Brief video of a trial of a development version.