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Virginia Class SSNs. Surface ship applications have been reviewed and can easily be implemented. Boeing has also begun evaluation to upgrade the system for Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Littoral -Precision Underwater Mapping Sonar. The AN/BLQ-11 vehicle is 21-in. diameter by 240-in. long, weighs 2,800 lb. dry, and has a 1,500 ft. working depth with speeds up to seven knots. For use as a UDNS mobile node, AN/BLQ-11 meets all the key requirements as indicated in Table 0-1.
system designed to operate clandestinely from a U.S. Navy 688/688i submarine, with launch and recovery through the submarine's torpedo tubes. It consists of a self-propelled 21-in. diameter autonomous UUV equipped with mine search and classification sonars for locating mine-like objects in a naval operational area of interest. The system includes hands-off launch and recovery, and is designed to operate from both Los Angeles and
Figure 0-1 Near Term Fleet UDNS Experiment CONOP
Large Displacement UUV (Echo Ranger)
Echo Ranger is a complete deep water AUV system with a large modular payload bay originally developed by Boeing for the commercial oil survey industry. It consists of a Large Diameter UUV (LDUUV), a portable Launch & Recovery (L&R) system that can be quickly installed (<1 day) on a variety of surface ships, and topside vehicle command and control (C2) equipment. The Echo
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