General Dynamics awarded sensors contract for anti-sub warfare

Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin stand watch while conducting anti-submarine warfare. Mustin is participating in AE16 to increase interoperability between Japanese and American forces through training in air and sea operations. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christian Senyk/U.S. Navy)

General Dynamics has been awarded an $18.9 million Navy contract for underwater sensors for anti-submarine warfare.

Under the Office of Naval Research contract, General Dynamics Mission Systems’ Maritime and Strategic Systems division will “provide Deep Reliable Acoustic Path Exploitation System (DRAPES) array hardware, design and construction of the DRAPES dummy array, development assistance of deployment procedures and the design modification, and construction and demonstration of three DRAPES arrays deployed in a field configuration with telemetry presented for processing at Naval Ocean Processing Facility (NOPF),” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract is schedule for completion by October 2020.