Article Posted on : - May 28, 2012

Advanced Acoustic Generator. Photo: Thales Group.

PARIS (BNS): Thales has been awarded a contract to supply minesweeping equipment for the Republic of Korea Navy's (ROKN) new Mine Sweeper Hunters.

The contract signed with ITT Corporation (now ITT Exelis) is for the supply of three ship sets of Advanced Acoustic Generators (AAGs) from Thales in Australia.

These will be provided by ITT Exelis to GMB USA, which is the prime contractor for the ROKN's Mine Sweeper Hunter (MSH) Combined Influence Sweep (CIS) project.

The AAG is at the forefront of mine countermeasures technology. A water driven, turbine powered acoustic generator that emulates ship noise; it can be integrated with any sweep system.

Thales in Australia manufactures and exports minesweeping products to navies throughout the world, and has established a significant design, manufacturing and production capability for these products.