Cerberus (sonar)
Encyclopedia
Cerberus is a blue egg-shaped ultrasound
device to detect submerged divers
. It is made by Qinetiq
. It can distinguish a diver from a seal or dolphin or porpoise. Its range is about 700 meters = 0.435 miles. It was unveiled at UDT2003. It is semi-intelligent and reportedly can detect an air-filled chest cavity underwater and let its operator tell whether the echo is from a man's or something irrelevant such as a seal's or dolphin's, and to distinguish between: a shoal
of fish; a ship's wake; a diver with an open-circuit scuba set; a stealth diver
with a rebreather
; flotsam and jetsam.
Ultrasound
Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...
device to detect submerged divers
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
. It is made by Qinetiq
QinetiQ
Qinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...
. It can distinguish a diver from a seal or dolphin or porpoise. Its range is about 700 meters = 0.435 miles. It was unveiled at UDT2003. It is semi-intelligent and reportedly can detect an air-filled chest cavity underwater and let its operator tell whether the echo is from a man's or something irrelevant such as a seal's or dolphin's, and to distinguish between: a shoal
Shoal
Shoal, shoals or shoaling may mean:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping* Shoal draught , of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft...
of fish; a ship's wake; a diver with an open-circuit scuba set; a stealth diver
Frogman
A frogman is someone who is trained to scuba diving or swim underwater in a military capacity which can include combat. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver or combatant diver or combat swimmer....
with a rebreather
Rebreather
A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...
; flotsam and jetsam.
QinetiQ pages
- About Cerberus, protecting oil rigs
- Swimmer Detection System (SDS) Cerberus 360
- Cerberus provides diver detection includes image
- Cerberus - Protecting ships and naval assets from attack
- Cerberus protects against attack on oil industry infrastructure
- QinetiQ displays innovative solutions at maritime exhibition
- QinetiQ’s Cerberus protects America’s Cup
- Big image of a Cerberus unit
- A Cerberus unit in a private yacht
