Next-generation Echosounders for Canadian Victoria Class Submarine Fleet
Knudsen Engineering has announced a two-year contract awarded by the Canadian Dept. of National Defence for the supply of ruggedised echosounders to replace the dry end portion of the deep and shallow echosounders currently fitted onboard Canada’s Victoria Class Submarine Fleet.
Additionally, the contract will include installation and training at the Tactical Weapons System Training Facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Each deliverable set includes recorders, remote displays, associated switches and ancillary dry end equipment. This order comes on the heels of recent sales of the Knudsen 320N Fathometer to the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Foreign Military Sales.
The 320N Fathometer, now officially dubbed as the AN/UQN-10 by the U.S. Navy, is COTS equipment designed to meet critical low cost retrofit requirements, as well as the next-generation choice for new ship builds. Designed and built in Canada, the company looks forward to seeing its efforts at work in Canada.
