Ultra-low-power, mass-producible software-defined sonar for active acoustic surveillance
- The Strategic Need for Affordable Active Sonar: Attendees will understand why the rise of small, silent UUVs makes passive surveillance obsolete and why the widespread deployment of affordable, low-power active sonar is critical for future underwater security.
- Modular Elements, Not Monoliths: The session will introduce the concept of designing a sonar system based on a simple, mass-producible core element, shifting complexity from hardware to software.
- Software-Defined Sonar: Attendees will learn how a network of simple core elements can be dynamically combined through software to create advanced, high-performance systems like multibeam sonars and SAS, offering unprecedented flexibility and scalability.
- Enabling Ubiquitous Surveillance: The presentation will demonstrate how this ultra-low-power, cost-effective architecture makes advanced active acoustic sensing viable for a new generation of small, long-endurance surveillance platforms.
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