New system to provide effective defense for ships, sailors. (Department of the Navy).

WASHINGTON (NNS)--Since the beginning of the Cold War, more than a dozen U.S. Navy ships have been casualties of mines, such as USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG 58), which nearly sank after striking an Iranian contact mine in 1988.

Today, as naval forces become more expeditionary in nature, the need to dominate the littoral battlespace is critical to success. In order to dominate the littorals, however, navy ships must first effectively locate and either avoid or neutralize mines.

The Remote Minehunting System (RMS) is an organic, off-board mine reconnaissance sys