Northrup Grumman
Northrup Grumman has developed an Airborne Laser Mine Detection System -ALMDS that for the first time is being sold to a foreign country. I didn’t think that groups were still placing mines, but I was obviously wrong.
Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force will use the helicopter-mountable technology to protect the country’s coastline and daily maritime traffic in and around Japan’s ports. The light detection and ranging (LIDAR) systems, which are around nine feet in length, feature a pulsed laser and streak tube receivers to detect, classify and localize sea mines moored close to the surface of the water.
