U. S. News & World Report August 1960 [antikvár]

Official U. S. Navy Phoío WHICH WAKE IS AN ENEMY SUBMARINE? Thanks to its anti-submarine equipment, the U. S. Navy quickly determined that both suspected "targets" were actually whales. Had they been enemy submarines, however, the Navy was ready to take immediate action. Protecting this Nation from surprise underwater attack is an ocean-sized problem that's being energetically tackled on a great many fronts. Bendix" —with its development and production iDackground in depth recording and indicating instruments, underwater telephones, submarine detection and tracking sonar, scanning sonar, power steering, and other submarine gear-has been assigned the responsibility for much submarine operation and detection equipment. Take sonar. It's a type of underwater radar that lacks the range of radar. The Bendix assignment: Increase its range. A big Bendix contribution to under- sea warfare has been the complete guidance systems used on the latest high-speed torpedoes whose missions are to destroy high performance submarines. Another interesting Bendix development is "dunking" sonar. Dropped by cable from a helicopter, it scans literally hundreds of square miles under-seas in an hour's time. We also manufacture control rod drive mechanisms for nuclear submarines and for the ÜSS Long Beach, the Navy's first nuclear-powered cruiser. Bendix has even adapted television to submarine use. When the USS Skate made her historic voyage under the rfl^ CORPORATION Fisher BIdg., Detroit 2, Mich. About >0 be submerged, this Bendix-devetopcd "underwater sound tourcc" transmits sound waves beneath the sea. It ii designed to Increase sonar copobililics. North Polar ice cap, she carried aboard a unique Bendix TV' system. By magnifying light thousands of times, and literally "seeing in the dark," this TV system showed the crew thin spots in the bottom of the ice pack through which the Skate surfaced safely. A THOUSAND DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS SERVING THESE FIELDS: nucleonics • computer * machine tools ¦ sonar • marine automotive • electronics • missiles & space • aviation