Acoustic Sensors - Passive

Research to understand airborne ASW systems and specifications for passive sonobuoys and service sonic processors.
Also includes work to understand acoustics and propagation for land and airborne vehicle detection and location of artillery and rockets.
Also includes work to understand HF acoustics for passive mine detection.
Also includes evaluations and analyses of underwater weapon passive sensors in the presence of high levels of flow noise.
Also includes the design of towed arrays in terms of handling and reliability, sonar performance, and other passive sonar systems and passive sonar array types.
Also includes work to exploit ferroelectric liquid crystal polymers for application in compact, sensitive, directional sonar elements.
Also includes work to exploit novel silicon acoustic sensors and integrated sensors for passive sonar systems.
Also includes work to enable effective integration of sonar domes.

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