U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) and NORBIT have successfully conducted operations involving NORBIT’s GuardPoint 70 and GuardPoint 100 intruder detection sonars.

As underwater threats continue to evolve toward more use of underwater drones, including AUVs of all sizes, NORBIT sonars were tasked accordingly. Over the weeks-long testing, NORBIT sonars successfully detected and tracked multiple AUV form factors through many range and depth scenarios. With the GuardPoint systems deployed, data were recorded and used under the conditions of the recent five-year extension to a cooperative research and development agreement between both parties.

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