Australia to enhance vision underwater
Australia wants its Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) to connect to existing platforms. (Gordon Arthur)
Australia's navy wants to improve and maximise its ability to monitor the underwater arena.
Australia is looking for next-generation systems to enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) underwater warfare capabilities, according to an advanced notification of an Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) announced in April.
The new IUSS project under Project Sea 5012 Phase 1 will consider five main elements that may be procured by 2025 to upgrade its Theatre Undersea Warfare Command. It will ‘enhance mission planning, intelligence fusion and coordination of undersea surveillance assets,’ including ships, submarines, aircraft and other sensors.
Other requirements include fixed, deployable and towed underwater sensors; more sensor processing capability to analyse intelligence gathered; new USVs or AUVs
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