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neme, Calif., from August 22 to Sep- commander of the RIMPAC Combined demonstration of our success.” tember 2, 2022. Southwest Regional Force Air Component Command. “The In addition to Denver, the ex-USS Rod-

Maintenance Center (SWRMC) par- SINKEXs at RIMPAC provide us with a ney M. Davis (FFG 60) was also sunk as ticipated in the REPTX and demonstrate uniquely complex and challenging envi- a target during RIMPAC. their new Diving Support Vehicle as well ronment for partner forces to hone those The two ships were towed from Pearl as their underwater drone technology. important skills. Being able to work to- Harbor to the designated target area by

Technical demonstrations and ? eld ex- gether was our goal, and SINKEX is a USNS Grasp (T-ARS 51).

periments were conducted aboard the

Navy’s Self Defense Test Ship, the ex-

USS Paul F. Foster (DD 964), an asset of Naval Surface Warfare Center Port

Teledyne Geospatial

Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD).

Imaging Solutions for Land and Water

According to a news release from

NSWC-PHD, REPTX offers a unique opportunity to evaluate innovative prod- ucts and services that could potentially help sailors carry out the repairs needed to keep them underway.

During the SINKEX, Denver was pum- meled from land, sea and air. A U.S. Third

Fleet press release said, “F/A-18 Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 (VMFA-232), Marine Air-Ground

Task Force 7 (MAGTF-7) used Joint Di- rect Attack Munitions (JDAMs) against a ship, the ex-USS Denver (LPD 9), dur- ing a sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of Exercise Rim of the Paci? c (RIM-

PAC) 2022. VMFA-232 coordinated the strike against the environmentally clean,

COLLECT WITH CONFIDENCE decommissioned naval vessel in coop- eration with the U.S. Navy and the U.S.

Air Force. During SINKEX execution,

CARIS four U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornets from VMFA-232 also ? red High-Speed

Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM), fol- lowed by a Harpoon (AGM-84), and

COLLECT

JDAMs. The F/A-18 is unique within the U.S. Marine Corps for its ability to THE EVOLUTION OF CARIS ONBOARD HAS ARRIVED employ a diverse array of air-to-surface

FEATURING and air-to-air weapons.” • CARIS Collect module for sonar and lidar acquisition “From the land, the Japanese Ground • Seamless integration into survey operations

Self-Defense Force and U.S. Army shot • Complete Ping-to-Chart work?ow solution

Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles and prac-

Available as a perpetual or SaaS annual license tice rockets,” another press release said.

CARIS Collect provides a cost-effective acquisition software “SINKEX is more than the end result. It package to the market.

takes a team of capable, adaptive partners

FOR MORE INFORMATION: from different nations and disciplines to www.teledynegeospatial.com/cariscollect come together to ? nd, ? x, track, target, engage and assess with the agility and precision required to put the right ord- nance in the right place, at the right time, every time,“ said Royal Canadian Air

Force Brigadier-General Mark Goulden, www.marinetechnologynews.com 9

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