DE 1160

The DE 1160, the commercial version of the U.S. Navy's AN/SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar, is designated for foreign sale. The system is an active/passive, multi-function, digital sonar that provides active echo ranging and passive panoramic surveillance (360-degree azimuth).

The active array can search, track, classify and give target information on several targets, while the passive array maintains torpedo surveillance via a digital multi-beam steering surveillance system. Most of...