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Styrsö-class Mine Countermeasures Vessel
The ''Styrsö'' class is a Swedish mine countermeasures vessel built from glass fiber. Among its intended missions are mine detection, mine hunting and patrolling. The ships are named after islands from four different archipelagos of Sweden. In 2004 HMS ''Spårö'' and HMS ''Sturkö'' were modernised, pulling out some of their capability for traditional mine clearance in favour of extended human dive support, the modified vessels are occasionally called ''Spårö'' class. Description The ships are equipped for acoustic, magnetic and mechanical mine clearance. There is also an underwater vehicle type ''Uven'' and a Towed array sonar on board. It is also possible to manoeuvre the remote controlled mine clearance system ''SAM'' from the ships. The ''Styrsö'' class ships have very good manoeuvring properties and are used for hunting bottom mines, traditional mine sweeping and operates in coastal waters. They carry underwater ROVs of the type ''Uven'' and are prepared for the nex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M14 Hms Sturkoe
M14, M-14, or M.14 most often refers to: * M14 rifle, an American military rifle ** Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle, an American designated marksman rifle based on the M14 M14, M-14, or M.14 may also refer to: Roads * Highway M14 (Ukraine) * M-14 (Michigan highway), a road connecting Ann Arbor and Detroit * M14 (New York City bus), two New York City Bus routes in Manhattan * M14 (East London), a Metropolitan Route in East London, South Africa * M14 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M14 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M14 (Pretoria), a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M14 (Bloemfontein), a Metropolitan Route in Bloemfontein, South Africa * M14 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * M14 Road (Zambia) Military * Directorate 14 or M14, a branch of the Iraqi Intelligence Service Weapons * M14 mine, a United States anti-personnel landmine * AN/M14 incendiary grenade, a U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kockums
Saab Kockums AB is a shipyard headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, owned by the Swedish defence company Saab Group. Saab Kockums AB is further operational in Muskö, Docksta, and Karlskrona. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kockums' most renowned activity is the fabrication of military corvettes and submarines. Kockums worked with Northrop Grumman and Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) to offer a ''Visby''-class corvette derivative in the American Focused Mission Vessel Study, a precursor to the Littoral Combat Ship program. It competed with several other concepts, including Norway's Skjold class (part of a Raytheon led group). History Kockums during the 19th century During the 1820:s the Kockums family established themselves as businesspeople in Malmö. Frans Henrik Kockum built a large fortune through an investment in tobacco production. Thanks to this he was able to purchase a large part of land 1838 south of Malmö, and between 1840 and 1841 he erect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towed Array Sonar
A towed array sonar is a system of hydrophones towed behind a submarine or a surface ship on a cable. Trailing the hydrophones behind the vessel, on a cable that can be kilometers long, keeps the array's sensors away from the ship's own noise sources, greatly improving its signal-to-noise ratio, and hence the effectiveness of detecting and tracking faint contacts, such as quiet, low noise-emitting submarine threats, or seismic signals. A towed array offers superior resolution and range compared with hull mounted sonar. It also covers the baffles, the blind spot of hull mounted sonar. However, effective use of the system limits a vessel's speed and care must be taken to protect the cable from damage. History During World War I, a towed sonar array known as the "Electric Eel" was developed by Harvey Hayes, a U.S. Navy physicist. This system is believed to be the first towed sonar array design. It employed two cables, each with a dozen hydrophones attached. The project was discontin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commercial Off-the-shelf
Commercial off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made, or bespoke, solutions. A related term, Mil-COTS, refers to COTS products for use by the U.S. military. In the context of the U.S. government, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) has defined "COTS" as a formal term for commercial items, including services, available in the commercial marketplace that can be bought and used under government contract. For example, Microsoft is a COTS software provider. Goods and construction materials may qualify as COTS but bulk cargo does not. Services associated with the commercial items may also qualify as COTS, including installation services, training services, and cloud services. COTS purchases are alternatives to custom software or one-off developments – government-funded dev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mine Warfare Vessels Of The Swedish Navy
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: Extraction or digging *Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine Grammar *Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun Military * Anti-tank mine, a land mine made for use against armored vehicles * Antipersonnel mine, a land mine targeting people walking around, either with explosives or poison gas * Bangalore mine, colloquial name for the Bangalore torpedo, a man-portable explosive device for clearing a path through wire obstacles and land mines * Cluster bomb, an aerial bomb which releases many small submunitions, which often act as mines * Land mine, explosive mines placed under or on the ground * Mining (military), digging under a fortified military position to penetrate its defenses * Naval mine, or sea mine, a mine at sea, either floating or on the sea bed, often dropped via parachute from aircraft, or otherwise lain by surface ships or submarines * Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
