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[ADDED HAAWC DB v440] The P-8A Increment 2 is scheduled to become operational by 2016, and with Increment 2 comes the MAC system (SSQ-125 and SSQ-101) and HAAWC (High Altitude ASW Weapons Concept), a Mk.54 Torpedo fitted with a wing kit that allows the Mk.54 to be deployed from long ranges. From : navytimes.com/article/20140127/NEWS04/301270042/Troubled-P-8A-Poseidon-enters-full-production "The next program milestone is Increment 2, slated for 2016, will include multi-static active coherent acoustics, automated identification system, and high-altitude anti-submarine weapons, according to a NAVAIR news release." From : militaryaerospace.com/articles/2013/04/Boeing-flying-torpedo.html "Airborne weapons experts at the Boeing Co. got the go-ahead Wednesday to start building add-on kits for the U.S. Navy Mark 54 lightweight torpedo that will enable the weapon to glide through the air from altitudes as high as 30,000 feet and enable the Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol jet to attack enemy submarines from long ranges." The HAAWC is said to have a JDAM-ER style wingkit attached, so considering the JDAM-ER in the DB has a 40 mile range, the HAAWC will probably have something close to this. From : defenseindustrydaily.com/longshot-a-swooping-haawc-for-torpedos-03340/ " "what if we could attach a JDAM-ER style glide kit with GPS guidance to a lightweight torpedo, launch from high altitude, then let the kit maneuver it into attack position and release it near sea level instead?" " The MAC, or Multi-static Active Coherent, is a system that uses an active source sonobuoy (AN/SSQ-125) and multiple ADAR receiver sonobuoys (AN/SSQ-101). The DB has the the SSQ-125 and SSQ-101, but how do you (The developers) model a multi-static system like this in Command?. Also, the SSQ-125 is said to have improved performance over the SSQ-110 IEER (also in the DB, but with the same range as the SSQ-125) From : dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2012/pdf/navy/2012macsystem.pdf "The MAC system is an active sonar system composed of two types of buoys (source and receiver) and an acoustic processing software suite." "MAC is an upgrade to the Navy’s current Improved Extended Echo Ranging (IEER) system, which employs non-coherent sources to produce loud sounds that reflect off submarine targets; these echoes are then detected by receiver buoys. MAC employs the same receiver buoys, but uses new coherent source buoys that enables multiple pings, optimized waveforms, and various ping durations, none of which the legacy IEER system provided." From : seapowermagazine.org/stories/20150414-p8-acoustic.html "MAC, an evolution of Improved Extended Echo Ranging used on the SSQ-110 sonobuoy, uses the SSQ-125 sonobuoy. The SSQ-125 generates loud sounds electronically rather than using small explosive charges to generate sound as in the SSQ-110. The long-range echoes from a target are intercepted by the sonobuoy and relayed to the aircraft’s sensor system."
< Message edited by emsoy -- 7/28/2015 3:43:39 PM >
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