Solutions for Mine Countermeasures vessels
MCM are critical for safe seafaring and new technologies with a higher degree of automation and better imaging make MCM more efficient, precise and safer.
With integrated mission solutions, Anschütz enables leading-edge MCM operations that are highly precise, safe and efficient from mission initiation to success. Our turn-key solutions include a SYNTACS Command & Control (C2) system with a dedicated module for MCM, a state-of-the-art mine-hunting sonar and a fully equipped integrated navigation system. The crew can plan navigation and mission from a single, harmonised system, reducing training requirements and enhancing situational awareness throughout the system.
With the MCM Suite,Anschütz offers an intelligent and highly efficient approach to mine hunting, navigation and mission execution.
Anschütz designs and delivers an integrated solution that includes the whole MCM suite, C2 capability and navigation systems.
As the backbone of the solution, the SYNTACS C2 system compiles a comprehensive operational picture based on nautical sea charts and the navigation and surveillance sensors on board. High-performance sonar systems as part of the MCM suite deliver additional pre-processed images, from which suspicious objects are evaluated, classified and precisely pinpointed on the tactical chart display in real time.
Based on this picture, the MCM module enables planning and assigning search areas and routes, either individually or based on predefined patterns. The MCM solution features object tracking above and below water as well as classification according to MIL-STD-2525. The objects and their precise position can be shared with any workstation as well as with connected vessels or shore stations for identification, situation assessment or warning. SYNTACS also integrates Autonomous Uncrewed Vessels (AUVs) and Unmanned Service Vessels (USVs).
Integrating the MCM module SYNTACS improves mission performance and safety, streamlines processes on board and adds the following features and functions:
- Planning of MCM task areas and search routes
- Search path planning and plotting during operation
- Management of known Subsurface Tracks (SSTs)
- Classification of SSTs according to MIL-STD-2525
- Interface to sonar system, AUV and USV
Anschütz tailors the integrated solutions precisely to the customer's real needs and accompanies customers through the entire process, from analysing requirements to system design and integration.
As an integrator, Anschütz implements the system design, including the selection and management of third-party systems, the definition of interfaces, the merging of the individual systems into an integrated solution and the verification that the system meets the customer's requirements. An experienced programme management team is always available to the customer during the entire process, right through to successful sea trials and beyond.
After sales: we also offer customised support solutions for service and logistics according to the specific requirements of the navy.
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