Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) announced today that it has been awarded United States Patent No. 7,950,113 for the "Device for Retaining Splitting Forces of a Cable Stop." This device, also ...

AMNS is deployed from the MH-60S multi-mission helicopter to locate and destroy underwater anti-shipping mines previously detected by the AN/AQS-20A mine-hunting sonar.

The Navy’s helicopter-based mine countermeasures fleet will receive two separate upgrades in the coming years, one to address obsolescence and reliability issues in the legacy AN/AQS-24A system ...

A modified version of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has successfully completed an automated sea mine-hunting demonstration. The work saw the rotorcraft coordinate with ...

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is a step closer to deploying Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24A airborne mine-hunting vehicles on its new MCH-101 helicopter platform, with the first system ...

Japan Signs for More Mine-Hunting Helicopters. Kawasaki Heavy Industries will produce additional MCH-101s for the Japan Maritime Self ... Garmin Helicopter Autopilot Certified in Robinson ...

PARIS - Thales will provide the French Navy with its first production version of an autonomous mine-hunting system by the end of the year as a first step to fully remote mine warfare, with the ...

Services: USN Propulsion: 3x GE T64-GE-419 turboshaft engines Speed: 150 knots Range: 1050 nm. Crew: Two pilots, one aircrewman. Load: 55 troops or 32,000 lbs. The MH-53E Sea Dragon is the U.S ...

Budget cuts could cause the Navy to decommission its mine-hunting dolphin program. But these mammals can do things high-tech undersea vehicles can’t.