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GIB FT

Real time tracking of torpedo and UAV for test, trial and training

    • Easily deployable
    • Low costs compared to fixed bottom-mounted tracking ranges
    • Weapons testing in varied subsea environmental conditions
    GIB FT torpedo testing area

    GIB FT

    Real time tracking of torpedo and UAV for test, trial and training

    GIB FT torpedo testing area
      • Easily deployable
      • Low costs compared to fixed bottom-mounted tracking ranges
      • Weapons testing in varied subsea environmental conditions

      The GIB FT is a Portable Torpedo and UUV tracking range. The GIB-FT system is composed of a set of buoys that receives acoustic signals transmitted by the pingers mounted on the torpedo and the target. The buoys thus measure the distances to the underwater vehicle and periodically transmit, through a local radio network, their GPS position and the measured distances to a Control & Display Unit installed on a support ship or at shore. This Control & Display Unit triangulates the underwater vehicle’s positions & displays it over a chart.

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      Contact name
      Éric de TRETAIGNE

      Specifications

      Length

      6 m

      Width

      800 mm

      Weight

      60 kg dry (set of 12 buoys) add 3 kg Control command 

      Payload

      Acoustic

      Max Speed tracked

      50 knots

      Navigation / Navigation modes

      GPS

      Communications / Data links

      RF, Iridium

      Features

      Simultaneous multiple-trackings on the same graphical interface (underwater, surface and air vehicles) Wide tracking range (up to 100 km² with 12 buoys) with a metric accuracy in 3D in the whole coverage area 

      Control Station

      Real-time data are overlapped on a Jeppesen digitalvector chart supplied 

      Powerplant / Propulsion

      Battery 

      Depth rating

      20-600 m

      Endurance mission duration

      8 h

      Status

      Use by DCNS to qualify their new torpedo program, French MoD for torpedo training, German Federal Office of Defense since 2012 for torpedo and UUV qualification

      Applications

      • UUV & UAV test and qualification
      • Torpedo test and qualification
      • Training

      Key Benefits

      • The system’s supervision covers Air, Surface and Underwater layers
      • Simultaneous multiple-tracking on the same graphic interface (underwater, surface and air vehicles)
      • Wide tracking range: up to 100 km² with 12 buoys
      • Shallow to deep waters (20 to 600 m water depth)
      • Real-time data is overlapped on a Jeppesen digital vector chart supplied
      • Raw data is stored for archival and off-line post processing (analysis and reporting)
      • 3D Metric accuracy for the whole area coverage
      • Fast buoy deployment and recovery
      • No calibration

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