Leonardo’s ULISSES Sub-hunting Technology Passes Trials
Leonardo's compact anti-submarine acoustic system, which has applications for maritime aircraft and UAVs, has been trialed at sea.
Leonardo and Ultra Electronics have teamed to trial Ultra’s ULISSES submarine-detection capability, which uses sonabuoys to locate undersea vessels.
Leonardo and Ultra Electronics have teamed to trial Ultra’s ULISSES submarine-detection capability, which uses sonabuoys to locate undersea vessels.

Leonardo (Pavilion 8) and Ultra Electronics have successfully completed a series of trials of the former’s new Ultra-Light Sonics Enhanced System (ULISSES) acoustic sensor submarine-detection capability. Designed for aircraft or vessel use, the ULISSES processor collects and exploits data from up to 64 distributed sonobuoys or dipping sonar sensors, using various sources of information to locate potentially hostile vessels.