The keynote presentations from France, Germany, USA, Italy and Belgium set the tone for the conference covering:
• ASW capabilities,
• Combat Systems
• Mine clearing and countermeasures 
• Sonar sensing and tracking systems
• Unmanned underwater vehicles,

The conference certainly proved to be focal point for discussion and understanding technological capabilities within current cost and timing constraints. The exhibition provided delegates with a chance to see these systems in a real environment and further explore their potential.

 

Sonardyne Asia announced the signing of a US$1.5 million contract with China for its Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) system.

Danish company Reson has secured a contract for its SeaBat 7128 high-resolution forward-looking sonar system from India's Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NTSL). The sonar will be used an experimental large unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) being developed by NTSL.

Swiss based company Fischer Connectors launched a new product range. The company already provides a range of connectors that have extensive utilisation in the underwater market.

UDT Europe, Congress Centre,Hamburg, Germany, 8–10 June 2010
2010 sees UDT Europe returning to Hamburg after the successful event there in 2006. UDT Europe 2010 will address the ever changing nature of global operations and the increased complexity of maritime security.

The UDT conference is the definitive forum to address key issues in the undersea defence community and we look forward to next year’s programme under new conference chair, Ernst-August Petsch, Captain FGN (Retd).

For 23 years UDT has been uniting naval procurement specialists, defence scientists, prime contractors and key technology providers for three days of valuable discussion, networking and showcasing new technology.