Designers eye artificial intelligence to improve helicopter Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS)
ALMDS enables shallow-water warships like the Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) to operate at safe distances from mines with advanced warning.
Jul 23rd, 2019
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Navy is looking at ways to improve its now-operational airborne laser system designed to track enemy mines from low-flying helicopters and expand the surface area from which mine detection takes place -- and no longer rely purely on more narrowly configured, mechanized or towed mine detection systems. Kris Osborne at Warrior Maven reports. Continue reading original article
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23 July 2019 -- The system, called Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), enables shallow-water warships such as the Navy's littoral combat ship (LCS) at safe distances from mines to give commanders greater advanced warning of mine-cluttered areas.
https://www.militaryaerospace.com/sensors/article/14036663/mine-detection-laser-artificial-intelligence
