Ultra Maritime Announces Modular, Automated, Containerized Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Pod for Small Combatants and Autonomous Vessels

ARLINGTON, Virginia – Ultra Maritime proudly announces a substantial advancement in towed array packaging technology that will enable smaller manned and unmanned surface vessels to greatly increase their anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities. Following several years of internal investment and building on a rich legacy of sonar capabilities, the new Ultra Maritime Mission Pod has now cleared its Critical Design Review (CDR) and is being actively bid into worldwide opportunities. Visit the Ultra Maritime booth #1018 at the Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium this week to learn more.

This innovative design deploys Ultra Maritime’s family of towed arrays from the same winch and deployment system. The Mission Pod is a leapfrog in automation and packaging technology, making it possible to house and deploy those arrays from a 20-foot ISO container, thereby achieving genuine modularity of design where a towed array can be used as a roll-on, roll-off asset. This allows for ASW capabilities without the need for traditional large, expensive manned surface combatant platforms.

“The 20-foot containerized Mission Pod will play a significant role in countering both the North Atlantic and Western Pacific submarine threats, as well as other areas of operation, with an automated, flexible and scalable solution for any Navy,” said Carlo Zaffanella, President and CEO of Ultra Maritime. “With the significant cost of major combatants and the requisite large crews to man them, Ultra Maritime’s Mission Pod provides an affordable, distributed ASW capability that can be deployed on smaller, less expensive manned and unmanned ships.”

The Mission Pod is designed to meet NATO-ANEP 91 and 99, as well as relevant Det Norske Veria (DNV) interchangeability standards. The Mission Pod is designed for installation on current and future surface combatants, vessels of opportunity and unmanned platforms.