Buried Object Scanning Sonar

B.O.S.S.
BOSS technology consists of:
  • Chirp sonar processing
  • 3D near field focusing
  • Transmission beam steering to allow target illumination at broad range of aspect angles
  • Real time 3D image construction of buried target showing burial depth, shape and orientation and location of buried targets.
  • Real time buried object detection
BOSS-SAS

· Operating Band: 3- 19kHz

· 40 hydrophone channels

· 1.2 MHz DVL

· Honeywell IMU

· Mounted on Bluefin

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BOSS-SAS

· Operating Band: 3- 19kHz

· 40 hydrophone channels

· 1.2 MHz DVL

· Honeywell IMU

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Frequency range:
  • 2- 20 kHz

Power requirement:

  • 75 Watts

Hydrophone array:

  • 252 hydrophone channels

Array Dimensions:

  • 1.5 meter diameter, 3-4 cm thick disk.

Omnidirectional spherical projector:

  • Illuminates targets over a 360 degree azimuth

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Prototype Sonar Vehicle
  • Size:
    • 1.3 meters long by 1 meter wide
  • Arrays:
    • 6 element 0.5 meter long transmission line array
    • 32 element 0.8 by 0.8 meter planar hydrophone array
  • Electronics Canister (under cylindrical fairing):
    • Data acquisition system
    • 100 Base-T telemetry
    • Video camera
    • Motion sensor

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