WASHINGTON (CNN)-- In what a U.S. military official calls an "inadvertent encounter," a Chinese submarine hit an underwater sonar array being towed by the destroyer USS John McCain on Thursday.

The sonar tech consists of a larger vertical array, according to Defense Tech ... for in service and future SSNs and SSBNs. The submarine force is the key that unlocks that A2/AD (anti-access ...

The USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), one of three Seawolf-class submarines, is a highly specialized spy submarine capable of ...

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Fitted to the array is sophisticated sonar equipment, which, in this incident, was in a collision with the Russian submarine. HMS Northumberland was tracking the underwater vessel at the time of ...

Naval applications are the main motivation for the development of large, innovative sonar systems. Therefore, the development of large acoustic arrays is closely related to new ship construction, and ...

The MoD said the frigate had located the hunter-killer submarine using the towed array sonar - a long tube fitted with sensitive hydrophones to listen under the water. A periscope was spotted on ...

Also in this part of the submarine is the cylindrical array sonar (CAS), the primary part of the boat’s acoustic sensor suite. Comprising an arrangement of hydrophones in a circle around the ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the ... air-backed sonar sphere has been replaced with a water-backed Large Aperture Bow (LAB) array which reduces acquisition and life-cycle costs while ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the ... air-backed sonar sphere has been replaced with a water-backed Large Aperture Bow (LAB) array which reduces acquisition and life-cycle costs while ...