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sonobuoy [′sän·ə‚bȯi] (engineering) An acoustic receiver and radio transmitter mounted in a buoy that can be dropped from an aircraft by parachute to pick up underwater sounds of a submarine and transmit them to the aircraft; to track a submarine, several buoys are dropped in a pattern that includes the known or suspected location of the submarine, with each buoy transmitting an identifiable signal; an electronic computer then determines the location of the submarine by comparison of the received signals and triangulation of the resulting time-delay data. Also known as radio sonobuoy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It was a real hunt with use of the wide range of forces and facilities of submarine search: surface warships with their sonars, ship-based ASW aircraft and land-based patrol aircraft planting the barriers and whole fields of sonobuoy and using onboard magnetometers, thermal direction finders, biologic track indicators, etc. Program/Project -- AN/SSQ-110A Active Acoustic Source Refurbishment and Reuse Sonobuoy Program, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division (Yorktown, Va. The squadron played a considerable role in increasing the fleet's ASW capabilities with operational testing and evaluation of sonobuoys, towed magnetic anomaly detectors, improved sonar, advanced radar equipment and ASW mining techniques. |
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