Jane’s Underwater Warfare Systems

A valuable training resource for developing warfare scenarios. The executive overview provides an appraisal of new and emerging technologies, keeping you abreast of what’s happening now and in the future.

Content Structure
Jane’s Avionics describes airborne electronic equipment designed civilian and military aircraft. To be included within this title, equipment should be operated in manned aircraft, characterised by significant electronic content, and be in development, production or, if no longer in production, in widespread service. Equipment which is in service in legacy platforms has been archived in order to maintain a manageable overall number of entries in the Yearbook. This archive is accessible through the Online service. The exception to the above is equipment which, in the opinion of the editor, is significant and therefore relevant to the reader.

Avionics equipment designed specifically for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is covered in Jane’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, although this distinction is becoming increasingly difficult to make in view of the development of Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles (UCAVs), which may be regarded as combat aircraft operated by a remote, ground-based pilot. Systems that are applicable to both manned and unmanned aircraft will continue to be found in Jane’s Avionics.

Structure
Supporting the main sections of Jane’s Avionics, a leading Analysis section contains technical overviews covering some of the core technologies to be found in the book, namely, Digital Datalinks, Airborne Radar, Electro-Optic systems and Helmet Mounted Display Systems (HMDS); these are intended to provide useful background information regarding some of the fundamentals of civil and military avionics systems.

The main body of Jane’s Avionics is divided into six main sections that are easily identifiable to the casual or expert reader alike:

• Avionic Communication, Navigation and Identification (CNI) Systems - This section makes use of a commonly used acronym in the aerospace industry, CNI, which covers a diverse range of equipment including aircraft radios and transponders. In order to further aid the reader, this main section is further divided into subsections, covering communications, navigation, combined comm/nav and safety of flight systems.
• Flight/Mission Management (FM/MM) and Display Systems - This section includes most equipment which directly interfaces with the crew, such as electronic and analogue displays, Head Up Displays (HUDs) and other Man-Machine Interface (MMI) systems.
• Airborne Electro-Optic (EO) Systems - This section contains all synthetic and enhanced vision systems, including Near-, Mid- and Far Infra-Red (IR) systems, such as Aviators’ Night Vision Imaging Systems (ANVIS) and Pilot’s Night Vision Systems (PNVS).
• Airborne Radar Systems - This section includes all types of airborne platform-integrated and podded radar systems.
• Airborne Electronic Warfare Systems - This section covers important Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, including RF jammers, Counter Measures Dispensing Systems (CMDS), radar and missile approach warners, Towed Radar Decoys (TRDs) and Electronic Support (ES) systems, such as ELINT, COMINT and SIGINT equipment.
• Aircraft Control and Monitoring Systems - The last main section covers Flight Control (FC), autopilot and onboard monitoring and Fault Warning Systems (FWS). Equipment and systems are listed alphabetically under country of origin, which is also entered alphabetically.

After the six main sections and prior to the various indexes, Aircraft Cockpits provides the reader with reference and comparison of modern and legacy cockpit configurations, together with descriptions of important features.

After the main text are three indexes - a contractors index, an alphabetical index and an index that correlates entries to contractors. The contractors index contains details of the name, address and, where available, the telephone/fax number/website of each contractor represented in the book.

The alphabetical index lists every entry in alphabetical order.

The manufacturers index lists entries alphabetically by contractor.

There is no delineation in Jane’s Avionics between civil and military systems, reflecting current trends in the utilisation of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) equipment in military applications wherever possible, thereby minimising acquisition and through-life costs. Noting the global use of the terms ‘airborne’ and ‘aircraft’ in the subsection titles, which must be surely taken ’as read’ in a book detailing avionic equipment, the reason lies in the integrated nature of the Jane’s Defence Equipment portfolio and the online medium - users searching for particular equipment capabilities may not necessarily know of its intended application.

Record Structure
Within each main section, entries are arranged alphabetically by country of manufacture. Entries are structured as follows:

• Title
• Type - describes the group or classification of the equipment by role and/or physical characteristic(s).
• Description - contains a technical description and information regarding functionality.
• Specification - lists the main technical parameters and physical characteristics.
• Status - contains information on development, production and operational status.
• Contractor - details prime and relevant sub contractors.

Of particular note to manufacturers, the type headings may not exactly match the detailed function of the system in question
for taxonomy purposes, in order to keep the number of type groupings manageable and members of those grouping at a reasonable and balanced level, it is sometimes necessary to describe a piece of equipment with a more generic type heading. In all such cases I have taken care to ensure that the type description will capture that piece of equipment and all similar.

Images
The reader will find that parts of the book contain colour images in order to more effectively convey the information therein - a large colour image is vital to adequately describe the properties of a full-colour electronic display, for example. Images are annotated with a seven-digit serial number which uniquely identifies them within Jane’s image database. The widespread use of colour in relevant areas of Jane’s Avionics continues, with further expansion of the Aircraft Cockpits section and update of the technical overviews to maintain pace with the development of the technologies.

Sections

• Analysis
• Anti-submarine warfare - airborne asw
• Anti-submarine warfare - countermeasures
• Anti-submarine warfare - electro-optical sensors
• Anti-submarine warfare - magnetic anomaly detection systems
• Anti-submarine warfare - sonar systems
• Anti-submarine warfare - submarine and surface ship asw combat management
• Anti-submarine warfare - submarine escape and rescue systems
• Anti-submarine warfare - underwater communications
• Associated underwater warfare systems - consoles and displays
• Associated underwater warfare systems - environmental measuring systems
• Associated underwater warfare systems - general navigation equipment
• Associated underwater warfare systems - oceanographic and hydrographic survey equipment
• Associated underwater warfare systems - prediction systems
• Associated underwater warfare systems - signature management
• Associated underwater warfare systems - submarine radar
• Associated underwater warfare systems - training and simulation systems
• Associated underwater warfare systems - transducers, hydrophones and pingers
• Command and control systems
• Contractors
• Countermeasures - acoustic decoys
• Countermeasures - electronic warfare
• Glossary
• Mine warfare - autonomous/unmanned marine systems
• Mine warfare - divers' equipment
• Mine warfare - mine clearance systems
• Mine warfare - mine warfare
• Mine warfare - mine warfare combat management
• Mine warfare - mine warfare laser systems
• Mine warfare - minehunting sonar systems
• Mine warfare - underwater vehicle ancillary equipment
• Mine warfare - underwater vehicles
• Mine warfare forces - mine warfare vessel designs
• Mine warfare platforms - mine warfare forces
• Mine warfare platforms - mine warfare platform designs
• Mine warfare vessels - mine warfare forces
• Mine warfare vessels - mine warfare vessel designs
• Miscellaneous equipment
• Research and development
• Signature management - acoustic control
• Signature management - acoustic ranges
• Signature management - degaussing systems
• Signature management - magnetic ranges
• Signature management - multi-influence ranges
• Sonar systems - airborne acoustic processing and receiving systems
• Sonar systems - airborne dipping sonars
• Sonar systems - sonobuoys
• Sonar systems - static detection systems
• Sonar systems - submarine sonar systems
• Sonar systems - surface ship sonar systems
• Submarine and surface ship asw combat information systems
• Submarines - aspects of submarine design
• Submarines - machinery and platform control systems
• Submarines - submarine and submersible designs
• Submarines - submarine escape and rescue systems
• Submarines - submarine forces
• Submarines - the submarine
• Surveillance/detection systems - acoustic sensors
• Surveillance/detection systems - integrated systems
• Surveillance/detection systems - non-acoustic sensors
• Training and simulation systems - aircraft asw equipment trainers
• Training and simulation systems - command team trainers
• Training and simulation systems - sonar equipment trainers
• Training and simulation systems - submarine equipment trainers
• Training and simulation systems - targets
• Underwater communications - communications buoys
• Underwater communications - submarine communications systems
• Underwater communications - underwater telephones
• Underwater weapons - asw rockets and depth charges
• Underwater weapons - guided asw/asuw weapons
• Underwater weapons - mines
• Underwater weapons - strategic and cruise missiles
• Underwater weapons - torpedoes

Commonly Used Terms
Acoustic Intelligence, Action Information Organisation, Active Adjunct (sonar), Advanced Capabilities (USA), Advanced Lightweight Influence Sweep System (USA), Advanced Mine Countermeasures (USA), Air Independent Propulsion, Airborne Launch Control System, Airborne Low-Frequency Sonar, American Coastal Tactical Defense ( Magic Lantern system) (USA), Anti-Submarine Rocket (USA), Anti-Submarine Warfare, Anti-Surface Vessel, Anti-Surface Warfare, Artificial Intelligence, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Audio Frequency, Automatic Data Processing, Automatic Frequency Control, Automatic Gain Control, Automatic Radar Plotting Aid, Automatic Test Equipment, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Built-In Breathing Set, Built-In Test Equipment, Cathode Ray Tube, Central Processing Unit, Charge-Coupled Device, Closed-Circuit Television System, Closest Point of Approach, coastal minesweeper, Combat Information Centre, Command Active Sonobuoy System, Command and Control Information System, Command function select, Commercial Off The Shelf, Computer Aided Classification, Computer Aided Detection, Constant False Alarm Rate, Control for Submarine Discharge Torpedo, Control for Surface-Launched Torpedoes, Control Interface Unit, Control Selection Unit, controllable pitch (propeller), conventional powered ballistic missile submarine, Convergence Zone (sonar), Corrosion Related Magnetic, Data Handling System, Deep Mobile Target, Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA), Defence Establishment Research Agency (UK), Defence Research Agency (UK), Department of Defense (USA), Detecting, Ranging and Tracking System, Digital Global Positioning System, Digital Plotter Map, Digital Speech Processor, Direction des Constructions Navales (France), Directional Command Activated Sonobuoy System, Directional low Frequency Analysis and Recording, Docking and Essential Defects, Dry Deck Shelter (for submarines), Economic Exclusion Zone, Electrocardiogram, Electroencaphalogram, Electromagnetic Interference, Electromagnetic Signature, Electronic Chart Display System, Electronic Counter-Countermeasures, Electronic Countermeasures, Electronic Function Select, Electronic Intelligence, Electronic Support Measures, Electronic Warfare, Embedded Computer Resources, Engineering Development Model, Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory, Etablissement des Constructions et Armes Navales (France), Expendable Bathythermograph, Expendable Reliable Acoustic Path Sonobuoy, Expendable Sound Velocity system, Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Fibre Reinforced Plastic, Figure-Of-Merit, Fire-Control System, fixed pitch (propeller), Foreign Military Sales, Forward-Looking Infra-Red, Free-Rocket Anti-Submarine (Russia), Full-Scale Development, Gas Turbine, Gaussian Minimum Shift Key, Glass Reinforced Plastic, Global Maritime Distress System for Ships, Global Positioning System (formerly NAVSTAR), Graphic User Interface, Identification, Friend or Foe, Image Intensifier, Inertial Navigation System, Infra-Red, Integrated Fire-Control System, Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (USA), Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile, International Hydrographic Organisation, International Maritime Organisation, Invitation To Tender, Light Airborne Multipurpose System (USA), Light Emitting Diode/Display, Lightweight Acoustic Processing And Display System (UK), Line Of Sight, Line Replacement Unit, Liquid Crystal Display, Littoral Sea Mine, Local Area Network, Long Baseline, Low Frequency Active, Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red Night System (USA), Low-Frequency Analysis and Recording, Low-Light Level Television, Low-Light Television, Magnetic Anomaly Detector, Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel, Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Mean Time Between Failures, Memorandum of Understanding, Mid life upgrade, Mine Countermeasures, Mine Countermeasures Vessel, Mine Neutralisation System, Mine Setting Mode, Ministry of Defence (UK), Moving Target Indication, Multifunction Console, Multi-Mission Craft, Air Cushion (USA), Multiple Independently targetable Re-entry Vehicle, Multiple Re-entry Vehicle, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA), National Science Foundation (USA), Naval Staff Requirement (UK), Naval Surface Warfare Group (USA), Navigation Satellite Timing And Ranging, nuclear-powered attack submarine, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (Sous-marin Nucléaire Lanceur d'Engins balistique) (France), ocean-going minesweeper, Office of Naval Intelligence, Office of Naval Research (USA), On Board Trainer/ing, On Top Position Indicator, Order Of Battle, Out To Tender, Plan Position Indicator, Power Control Unit, Printed Circuit Board, Probability of Detection, Probability of Intercept, Programmable Read Only Memory, Programmable Signal Processor, Project Definition, Propagation Loss, Pulse Per Second, Radar Absorbent Material, Radar Cross-section, Radar Warning Receiver, Radio Frequency Surveillance, Random Access Memory, Random Rotating Directional Transmission, Rapid Deployable Surveillance System (USA), Receive, Recompression Chamber, Reliable Acoustic Path, Remotely Operated Vehicle, Remotely Piloted Vehicle, Request for Proposal, Research, Development, Test And Evaluation, Ring Laser Gyro, Satellite Communications, Sea-Launched Mobile Mine (USA), Search And Rescue, Self-Propelled Acoustic Target (UK), Sensor Weapon Control And Command (Netherlands), Sequential Turbocharging, Ship's Inertial Navigation System, Single Shot Kill Probability, Single Sideband, Sonar Environmental Prediction And Display System (UK), Sound Surveillance System (USA), Stand-Alone digital Communications Units, Static Electric, submarine (non-nuclear), Submarine Control System, submarine launched ballistic missile (Mer-Sol Balistique Stratégique) (France), Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile, Submerged Signal Ejector, Super Video Graphics Array, Surface Acoustic Wave, Surface and Underwater Target (UK), Surface Auxiliary Vessel, Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (USA), Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, Synthetic aperture sonar, Synthetic Aperture Sonar processing, Tactical Towed Array Sonar, Target Detection Device, Target Emulation Mode, Target Motion Analysis, Target Setting Mode, Towed Array Sonar, Track-While-Scan (radar), Transmit, Travelling-Wave Tube, Ultra Short Baseline, Undersea Coastal Surveillance System (USA), Underwater Electric Potential, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, Upper Sideband or Ultra Short Baseline, Variable Depth Sonar, Versatile Console System, Vertical Launch ASROC, Vertical Line Array Difar, Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit, Very Large-Scale Integration (electronic circuits), Video Graphics Array

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