Navy chooses Serco for research in advanced sonar signal processing for anti-submarine warfare (ASW)
WASHINGTON – U.S. Navy ocean systems experts needed active sonar signal processing for undersea warfare applications. They found a solution from Serco North America in New London, Conn.
Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington announced plans last Friday to negotiate a contract with Serco for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) development for undersea systems.
Undersea technologies
Serco will handle research, development, and technology upgrades for advanced undersea technologies related to active sonar signal processing. The the upcoming contract has yet to be negotiated, and should begin this summer.
The Serco contract is based on a white paper the company submitted to Naval Sea Systems Command in 2023 concerning submarine and surface combat systems sensor and signal processing technologies.
Serco will perform research in computing technologies, cyber security, imagery classification, sensors, ASW prediction, assessment, and situational awareness, electronic warfare (EW), torpedo defense, target motion analysis, and training.
The company will handle research in:
-- undersea technologies in submarine and surface ship sensors and signal processing;
Artificial intelligence
-- artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, machine learning, and predictive analytics as these technologies relate to detecting man-made signals, cyber security, decision support, ship classification;
-- sensors related to open-architecture towed-array telemetry, and prototyping submarine imaging and EW sensors;
-- theater ASW prediction, assessment, and situational awareness;
-- active sonar signal processing technologies such as bistatic sonar, parametric sonar, and parasitic sonar;
-- EW detection, localization, and recognition;
-- active and passive torpedo defense; and
-- automated target motion analysis, path determination, and contact correlation.
For more information contact Serco North America online at www.serco.com/na, or Naval Sea Systems Command at www.navsea.navy.mil.
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