SHL-101/T SONAR - results of the harbour and sea trials

The safeguard of seaways, naval basis, harbours and sea frontiers from minefields, attackers, gun-running is essential in hazardous nowadays. Particularly modern sea mines sometimes buried and make in stealth technology are very difficult to detect. Therefore the echo-ranging detection systems require state-of-the-art hardware and efficient processing algorithms to protect sea areas. Such up-to-date hydroacoustic equipment was developed by R&D Marine Technology Centre. The SHL-101/T system is the triple frequency, wideband and very high resolution hull-mounted minehunting sonar. It was put into service to Polish Navy minesweeper on April 2007. Sonar underwent factory, harbour and sea acceptance trials. Presently Polish Navy carries out further exploitation and military tests. The results are remarkable and they enable to explore mysteries of the sunken objects in the Gdansk Gulf. The paper presents the results of SHL-101/T sonar harbour and sea trials. Its performances for different detection and classification modes are also depicted. Additionally displays of the found various underwater objects are included and detailed discussed