The AN/BVS-1 is a non-hull penetrating electronic imaging subsystem with visible light camera, infrared camera, and electronic support measures sensors, as well as stealth features that will provide new capabilities for attack submarines, Navy officials say.
The submarine sensor suite performs surveillance, intelligence gathering, and electronic warfare, with a multispectral suite of a color and a monochrome high-definition TV cameras, a midwave infrared staring sensor, eye-safe laser rangefinder, as RF sensors.
The system brings infrared search and track (IRST) capabilities such as infrared and visual imaging, and digital image processing. A modified AN/BVS-1(V) is being developed for the Integrated Submarine Imaging System (ISIS) on guided-missile submarines as a replacement for the type 15L periscope.
Kollmorgen will do the work in Northampton, Mass.; Seattle; Methuen, Mass.; Westfield, Mass.; Cincinnati; Orlando, Fla. Awarding the contract are officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington (pennet).
| Los Angeles | Seawolf | NSSN | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Length: | 360 feet (110 meters) | 353 feet (108 meters) | 377 ft. (115 m) |
| Beam: | 33 feet (10 meters) | 40 ft. (12.2 m) | 34 ft. (10.4 m) |
| Submerged displacement (long tons): | 6,900 | 9,100 | 7,800 |
| Submerged speed: | 25+knots | 25+knots | 25+knots |
| Depth: | 800+ ft. (250 m) | 800+ ft. (250 m) | 800+ ft. (250 m) |
| Weapons | |||
| Mk 48 ADCAP torpedoes | x | x | x |
| Tomahawk cruise missiles | x | x | x |
| Mk60 Captor mines | x | x | x |
| Advanced mobile mines | x | x | x |
| Unmanned underwater vehicles | -- | -- | x |
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Contractors | General Dynamics Electric Boat Division [lead design authority] Newport News Shipbuilding Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (Combat System) Raytheon Electronics Systems (Combat System) |
| Power Plant | One S9G pressurized water reactor ??,000 shp [early units] One Transformational Technology Core (TTC) pressurized water reactor ??,000 shp [later units] one shaft with pumpjet propulsor Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase III one secondary propulsion submerged motor |
| Displacement | 7,800 tons submerged |
| Length | 377 feet |
| Draft | 32 feet |
| Beam | 34 feet |
| Speed | 25+ knots submerged |
| Depth | Greater than 800 feet |
| Horizontal Tubes | Four 21" Torpedo Tubes |
| Vertical Tubes | 12 Vertical Launch System Tubes |
| Weapons | 38 weapons, including: Vertical Launch System Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Mk 48 ADCAP Heavyweight Torpedoes Advanced Mobile Mines Unmanned Undersea Vehicles |
| Special Warfare | Dry Deck Shelter Advanced SEAL Delivery System |
| Sonars | Spherical active/passive arrays Light Weight Wide Aperture Arrays TB-16, TB-29, and future towed arrays High-frequency chin and sail arrays |
| Countermeasures | 1 internal launcher (reloadable 2-barrel) 14 external launchers |
| Crew | 113 officers and men |
| Total Program | 30 systems Total program cost (TY$) $67034M Average unit cost (TY$) $2110M |
| Status | Full-rate production 1QFY07 |
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