The USS Momsen an Guided missile destroyer commissioned this Saturday was the first warship in the world to be equipped with a new unmanned remote
mine hunting system, this will help the US navy find locate and destroy mines easier reducing the risk to the ship.
When the US Navy's newest guided missile destroyer, USS Momsen, was commissioned this past Saturday, it became the world's first warship
equipped with Lockheed Martin's Remote Minehunting System (RMS). The RMS provides the Navy with its first-ever organic mine reconnaissance capability
using an unmanned, remotely operated vehicle.
"It is fitting that the first RMS unit has been installed on a ship named for Adm. Swede Momsen," said Jim Weitzel, Lockheed Martin vice president
of Ocean Systems.
Powered by a diesel engine that provides long endurance at sea, the semi- submersible RMS is remotely operated by integrating the vehicle's software
system with the ship's AN/SQQ-89 (V) 15 Undersea Warfare System.
The RMS uses a variable depth sensor and transmits information to the ship using real-time data links. Scheduled to begin shipboard testing in early
September, RMS is planned to be installed on six Navy guided missile destroyers and on the Navy's new Littoral Combat Ship.
