Underwater SMS and PCs for Australian navy divers

Australian navy clearance divers will be equipped with underwater mine defence computer systems and portable acoustic tracking range.

The mine countermeasure PCs will allow divers to track their position using GPS or sonar technology, log the locations of objects in the water, and communicate with each other by an acoustically powered “underwater SMS” system.

The portable tracking range should allow the Navy to test torpedoes and other systems in areas other than its dedicated range off the coast of Western Australia.

From Australian IT, via Wired.
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