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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But a plan to outfit a smaller helicopter to hunt underwater mines fizzled. New technology didn’t work as designed. Shipping lane security threats increased after 9/11, along with demand for the ...

The Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) is changing the way the Navy conducts counter-mine operations by allowing it to function in less accessible places, which reduces the danger to ...

Four American anti-mine ships, a mine-hunting helicopter squadron and a group of Navy divers are assigned full time to the Persian Gulf to seek out the explosive devices.

Since its introduction in 1986, the MH-53E Sea Dragon has been pivotal in both mine countermeasures and heavy-lift operations ...

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has conducted the maiden flight of its Mine Countermeasures Helicopter (MCH), a platform ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An MH-53E Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15 flies near guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton ... The training aimed to strengthen interoperability among U.S. and UK ...