• British Army adopts acoustic system to pinpoint enemy artillery Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Because knowing which way to jump is pretty important, the British Army is getting a new system to find where enemy artillery is coming from. • Built by Leonardo UK, the SONUS Acoustic Weapon Locating System uses sound analysis to locate enemy guns. • If you’ve gone out in the woods, odds are at some point you heard something go bang. • How you react to that depends, in large part, on where that bang came from. • If it’s coming from ahead, it might just be someone on a farm hunting pheasant a mile away. • If it’s from the right, it’s from the deep woods and over the hills and no problem.
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- The British Army will deploy Leonardo UK’s SONUS Acoustic Weapon Locating System, a passive acoustic sensor array that identifies and triangulates enemy artillery, mortars, and rifles. SONUS detects three acoustic signatures - muzzle blast, supersonic crack, and impact noise - and uses GPS‑assisted triangulation to pinpoint the source within minutes. The system is 70 % lighter than Leonardo’s earlier HALO system and can be operational in under three minutes. The Ministry of Defence says the technology will be fielded with the 5th Regiment Royal Artillery five years ahead of schedule, illustrating a faster procurement process and a new capability for rapid target location.
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