Award

As anti-submarine warfare (ASW) technologies expanded rapidly during the Cold War, key capabilities have been deployed including the use of active/passive sonobuoys to search for and locate adversarial ships. Throughout the years AN/SSQ-53, AN/SSQ62, and AN/SSW101 buoys have been a staple for the US Navy. The Navy is looking for next generation designs to maintain acoustic superiority. QorTek is proposing three dyadic second order vector sensor designs to cover two frequency bands. These designs promise increased directivity and lower system noise. Performance is additional augmented using QorTekís Textured TX101 material that can achieve up to 10dB improved sensitivity while lowering piezoelectric noise.Ý