Crash In Iraq Helps Unmask Secretive Ultra-Quiet Special Operations Drone Program
The loss of a Long Endurance Aircraft Program drone has provided the first real window into these discreet drones and their operations.
Tag: Acoustic Signature
Exclusive: Unmasking Northrop Grumman’s XRQ-72A Great Horned Owl Spy Drone
The War Zone has obtained the first images of and previously unknown details about the XRQ-72A Great Horned Owl flying-wing drone.
The Navy’s Secretive And Revolutionary Program To Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms
The NEMESIS system, which has been in development since 2014, employs swarms in the air and sea to cooperatively fool or blind a wide variety of disparate enemy sensors dispersed over a large area.
Remote Navy Submarine Test Base Has Been Key In Rescuing Hundreds In The Bahamas After Dorian
The U.S. Coast Guard has rescued hundreds of people across the Bahamas in the wake of Hurricane Dorian using helicopters operating from a little known and secretive U.S. Navy submarine test base situated on one of the islands in the archipelago. The Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center’s detachment on Andros Island main job is managing expansive test ranges so the Navy can conduct various underwater tasks, such as measuring the acoustic signature of subs and testing torpedoes.
German Type 212 Sub Has This ‘Propeller Boss Vortex Diffuser’ To Reduce Its Acoustic Signature
Not much is known about the system, but it’s based on similar principals as finned systems commercial ships use to increase efficiency.
The U.S. Navy Has A Critically Important Submarine Test Base Tucked Away In Alaska
Not since the Cold War has underwater stealth tech been so important and a remote test site in Alaska makes sure U.S. Navy subs remain invisible.