Meteksan Defence Delivers MSH-01 Hydrophones Developed for AY- and PREVEZE-Class Submarines

Turkish company Meteksan Defence has delivered the MSH-01 Hydrophones, which are used as sensors of the sonars onboard AY- and PREVEZE-Class Submarines, to TurkishNaval Forces Command.

The MSH-01 Hydrophone, designed andproduced by Meteksan Defence, is usedas a sensor in the Cylindrical Hydrophone Array (CHA) and Passive Ranging Sonar (PRS), which constitutes the wet side of the

Passive Sonar (PS) of AY- and PREVEZEClass Submarines. The main features of the hydrophone developed by Meteksan Defence with its own R&D resources are as follows:

• 360° Omni Broadband Usage
• Water Resistance to Depths of 400 Metres
• Detection of Signals Between 1 Hz and 100 kHz Frequency Range
• Usage in the Frequency Range of 100 Hz to 12 kHZ
• Operating Temperature between +2 °C and +35 °C
• Storage Temperature between -40 °C and + 70 °C