United Elias
23-08-2003, 15:19
The Elias Navy in conjunction with the Elias Aerospace Corporation and the Elias marine Corporation have developed a highly advanced new sensor for detecting submerged submarines (and whales) that is truely the biggest advance since MAD gear or passive sonar.
Littoral Airborne Sensor Hyperspectral
The Littoral Airborne Sensor Hyperspectral or LASH is a new sensor device that allows an aircraft or helicopter equipped with a LASH pod to be able to ‘see’ submarines rather than hear them.
It uses reflected sunlight to illuminate an area of ocean, sensors then relay the images to an onboard computer system where LASH technology is able to distinguish shades of colour in underwater objects that look identical. The system breaks the image into up to 288 wavelengths including infrared and ultraviolet to search for patterns that reveal shapes beneath the waves.
Currently the technology is only useful during daylight hours and can ‘see’ a submarine size object up to 2600ft in depth, the technology is particularly useful in shallow waters where sonar is often unreliable.
LASH pods can be fitted externally to nearly all maritime patrol planes/naval helicopters and quickly transferred, the pod needs minimal field maintenance and requires just one systems operator.
http://www.sti-government.com/images/P3_LASH-ASW_5.jpg
LASH pod attached to an EA-24H helicopter
http://www.flightsim.krsk.ru/p_galary/TU142.jpg
LASH integrated into belly mounted sensor dome on Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft.
Prices
Each LASH pod comes complete with mission computer systems required for operation and complete training/maintenance documentation.
= $255,000 each.
Littoral Airborne Sensor Hyperspectral
The Littoral Airborne Sensor Hyperspectral or LASH is a new sensor device that allows an aircraft or helicopter equipped with a LASH pod to be able to ‘see’ submarines rather than hear them.
It uses reflected sunlight to illuminate an area of ocean, sensors then relay the images to an onboard computer system where LASH technology is able to distinguish shades of colour in underwater objects that look identical. The system breaks the image into up to 288 wavelengths including infrared and ultraviolet to search for patterns that reveal shapes beneath the waves.
Currently the technology is only useful during daylight hours and can ‘see’ a submarine size object up to 2600ft in depth, the technology is particularly useful in shallow waters where sonar is often unreliable.
LASH pods can be fitted externally to nearly all maritime patrol planes/naval helicopters and quickly transferred, the pod needs minimal field maintenance and requires just one systems operator.
http://www.sti-government.com/images/P3_LASH-ASW_5.jpg
LASH pod attached to an EA-24H helicopter
http://www.flightsim.krsk.ru/p_galary/TU142.jpg
LASH integrated into belly mounted sensor dome on Tu-142 maritime patrol aircraft.
Prices
Each LASH pod comes complete with mission computer systems required for operation and complete training/maintenance documentation.
= $255,000 each.