FarSounder announced the sale of their Ship ProtectionSystem (SPS) to Alphatron Marine, of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The system will be installed on a luxury super-yacht being custom-built at a Dutch shipyard.

The system is designed to provide underwater threat protection while at anchor or at the dock as well as forward looking, obstacle avoidance sonar capabilities while underway. FarSounder’s SPS can automatically detect, track, and classify underwater threats such as divers, mini-subs, and diver delivery vehicles. A long range, 360ºcoverage zone around the vessel is achieved with multiple solid state sensors strategically embedded into the hull. The unique use of fixed sensor installation allows the vessel to detect threats from any direction while offering a Zero Time to Deploy, Zero Time to Secure™capability. It is no longer required to deploy a system with anunsightly crane or to build a large diameter sea chest to hold acomplicated hoist system. This means that if a threat is seenapproaching, the vessel has time to react. Defensive maneuvers may beas simple as hoisting the anchor to leave.