Sept 2014 This document gives a general description of the product and shall not form part of any contract. C.O. Patrol training ship “Panthère” 1992-1993 C.O. SSN “Casabianca” 2002-2004 Today’s Speakers Marc Delorme THALES Underwater systems Business Development Director C.O. SSBN “Le Triomphant” 2010-2012 Thales “Naval Milieu” More than 500 vessels equipped by Thales for over 50 navies worldwide Communications A global naval offer and associated services Surface ship combat systems Radars Naval Optronics Sonars Electronic warfare Naval Services THALES Underwater Systems BREST B R employees 1,200 E AUBAGNE (SafarePons) S T SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS CHEADLE HEATH 220 employees 720 employees TEMPLECOMBE Total Employees > 2,100 SYDNEY Worldwide Sonar Expertise AAC Advanced Acoustic Concepts TUS SAES TUS • SafarePons • Eurotorp Thales Asia Omnysis TUS Underwater Systems worldwide provider of sonar suites for submarine, surface ship, mine warfare, aircraft, for 50 years Airborne Systems Mine Warfare Surface Ship Systems Unmanned Vehicles Submarine Systems 3 figures to remind of earth is underseas of world trades transiting by seas New XXI century maritime stakes THREATS AND MISSIONS EVOLUTION Submarine threats Asymetric threats Piracy, illegal fishing, smuggling, drug trafficking Midgets, SSK Multinational Operations Torpedoes : Cost between K$100 and K$1000 Mines Obstacles Over 250 000 mines in the inventories of more than 50 navies world wide Cost between $500 and $1500 Submarine order of battle - World Number of submarines 980 560 COLD WAR 1986 2000 460 2014 43 10 Number of Countries / Submarine fleet ASIA – PACIFIC area High Sea Lane of Communication density Oil&Gas ressources Fishing ressources Countries claiming ownership Diplomatic view of the World The land has frontiers, All the sea is blue… Underwater World The sea is not blue…. Ultra deep areas, huge shallow water areas , incredible bottom relief complexity Mine threat < 400m Challenging submarine navigation • Antisubmarine capacity • Mine clearance on SLOC • Underwater surveillance on specific points If you expect maritime surveillance and control, underwater surveillance and control is essential OPV / CPV / Light frigate Design Safety at sea and protection of maritime interest : Capability to cover large maritime areas operate numerous platforms FULL INFORMATION capability COST Effective MEDIUM / LOW WEAPONS capability OPV / CPV / light frigate appears as a current appropriate response for maritime area control ANTI SUBMARINE CAPACITY Submarine view : ASW assets are not targets ASW assets make difficulty or prevent to achieve the mission ASW assets view : More important to be sure where the submarine is not, than where the sub is. OPV / CPV light frigate ASW Role : Ensure SAFE and SECURE PANORAMIC sanctuary around the platform Surveillance, Deterrence, Area Denial, Anti-Access, barrier Pressure on the submarine, Harassment, Self-protection, The goal is to prevent the submarine from achieving its mission Use of weapons from the OPV / light frigate is not mandatory : torpedoes could be better operated from Helicopter, or others ASW assets if collaborative action group is in action. • Capability of training and operations with friendly submarine (essential ! ) LOW FREQUENCY ACTIVE SONAR Maximize panoramic active detection range under the constraint of weight, size, price • • • • compact Low frequency Hull Mounted Sonar and Variable Depth Sonar To reach same detection range : • MF/HF source level must be higher (absorption of sea water) • MF/HF Array will be bigger ( weight, size, draught, more complex to install) From same source level : • MF/HF sonar requires directional search mode to reach same range, but loses panoramic optimal range LF offers lower reverberation returns levels (enhancing better false alarm rate reduction and discrimination) provided by a large effective bandwidth. LF provides larger sonar coverage with better reflection on the sea bottom ( very useful in common South-East Asia negative sound velocity profile and shallow waters ) COMBINED Variable Depth Sonar & Hull Mounted Sonar Vertically complementary HMS Horizontally complementary VDS towedassembly HMS baffle VDS Own-ship noise CONOPS complementary VDS means PERFORMANCE VDS HMS allows PERMANENCE - ASW - Surf awarness - self protection NOISE COMPLIANT ACTIVE SONAR OPV/CPV & light frigate, not typically ASW designed, are not particularly acoustically stealth. • Because of radiated-noise, it is hard to expect acoustic advantage or surprise against submarine, but in accordance with ASW role. • Because of ambient-noise, due to high density of sea lanes of communication, it is necessary to use active sonar • Active sonar, especially with “adaptive beamforming” processing, is much less sensible to self-noise FULL INFO CAPABILITY – SURFACE - Acoustic sensor added value Optical, radar, IR are common sensors for maritime surveillance design, but have physical and meteorogical limitation. • SONAR as complementary equipment, added to Optical, radar, IR sensors , able to open new capability in establishing maritime surface picture ( warning, surveillance, intel and proof collect), over-horizon passive detection ; Roughly 20 km PASSIVE detection range against Go fast. Most of the time beyond the radar/optical horizon Thales Underwater Systems Acoustic sensor added value The use of SONAR opens new domain, is combined with RADAR and OPTRONIC for Warning, surveillance, Intel and proof collect, is efficient in Self-protection ( Torpedo alert , obstacle avoidance). Anti-surface CAPABILITY Detection of surface vessels 12 Nm 18 Nm ((( Deterrence of submarines in area of interest Anti-collision CAPABILITY Anti-submarine CAPABILITY Torpedo alert CAPABILITY Shallow or deep waters Detection of obstacles OPV / CPV AIRBORNE SONAR Compact Dipping Low Frequency Active Sonar : High level capacity Sonobuoys : Could be a relevant low investment first step ASW capacity MINE CLEARANCE ON SLOC 23 / Bottom survey – Imagery – Analysis - Comparison o Used as a common harbour and naval base entrance,fairways safety equipment : o Clearance of approaches o Stongly valuable for economic maritime development 150m 150m o Low investment regarding durability of maritime traffic o Many type of towing boat possible © Thales Underwater Systems – March 2014 covering the underwater acoustic domain is not only a huge frigate concern,… Compact LF Dipping sonar Hosted vehicles HMS Compact panoramic LF VDS Compact panoramic LF Compact sonobuoy processing solutions with CONOPS , WEIGHT, SIZE , PRICE adapted to procure UNDERWATER ACOUSTIC SENSOR on OPV/CPV /Light frigate and drone Thank you for your attention Sept 2014 This document gives a general description of the product and shall not form part of any contract.
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