SECOND BOW SONAR DOME FOR US NAVY ZUMWALT CLASS

Tods Defence Limited has completed the design and build of a second Bow Sonar Dome for the US Navy DDG Zumwalt Class ‘stealth’ Destroyer ship build programme. It is the first time that the US Navy has specified British designed Bow Sonar Domes, with the first dome being delivered late 2009.

The Bow Sonar Dome is a specialised composite materials underwater structural and acoustic enclosure which houses the ship’s warfare sonar suite, and is a proven technology utilised on many Royal Navy and NATO navy vessels over a number of years. The latest US Navy dome is due to be shipped from Tods Defence production site, at Portland, UK. to the Bath Iron Works ship building yard of General Dynamics in June.

Steve Burton, Managing Director Tods Defence says: “We have received significant support from the US Navy Department of Defense and their integrated system suppliers Raytheon over the development of these Bow Sonar Domes for DDG1000 and DDG1001 vessels, which are the most sophisticated warships in the world. We have been awarded QA accolades for two successive years for this work, and we are confident this is just the start of a long relationship for future US ship build programmes”

Ends June

Issued by: Derek Trick, The Media Praxis, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

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