PESCO PROJECTS

Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)

The project aims at bringing a developed anti-torpedo torpedo demonstrator to the production ready design, with a qualified effector and a proven functional chain.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Naval ships have no protection against attacking torpedoes. So far, only soft kill diversions tools as jammers and decoys are available, with no guarantee that the torpedo falls for this diversion, re-attacks after the jammers and decoys stopped working or home in/under the wake. Therefore, a hard kill system that neutralise the attacking torpedo would be the preferred effector solution, called Anti-Torpedo-Torpedo (ATT), but such a system is not developed to the point of production ready design, yet. Therefore, this project aims to bring a developed ATT demonstrator to the production ready design, with a qualified effector and a proven functional chain.

OBJECTIVES/PRODUCTS

The goal of this project is to have a production ready and qualified ATT system that can be integrated into all ships of the project members’ fleet. To bring the project to a production ready design the following steps are still outstanding:

• Prove launcher concept.
• Effector qualification and certification according to NATO STANAGs
• Definition of standardized interface from a CMS (combat management system) to the effector
• System integration into a Navy ship, (intended integration into CMS (integration level has to be defined)
• Prove of functional chain from sensor detection, combat system, shot of ATT, detonation ATT up to the neutralisation of the torpedo. (Sea Trials)