How to Use sonobuoy in a Sentence

sonobuoy

noun

• The aircraft carries many sonobuoys along both sides of its fuselage.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
• One of the standout features of the new drone is its ability to drop sonobuoys.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
• One arrow in this marine quiver is the use of aircraft to patrol over vast distances while dropping sonobuoys to seek out subs.
  — New Atlas, 18 Jan. 2026
• Achieving that requires much more than self-flying helicopters dropping the odd sonobuoy.
  — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
• Traditionally, manned aircraft alone can deploy sonobuoys.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2025
• The aircraft deploys sonobuoys that listen for underwater activity across wide ocean areas.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
• According to the defense firm, the system can process up to eight sonobuoy feeds simultaneously, doubling the capacity of legacy equipment.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
• Combined with compact sonobuoys, operators could survey larger sections of ocean without increasing crew requirements.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
• Proteus boasts a modular payload bay for carrying sonobuoy dispensers, maritime search radar, and other sensors and communications systems.
  — New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
• The company’s portfolio spans sonar systems, sonobuoys, countermeasures, and modular mission systems, all designed to work together.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 22 Apr. 2026
• The result is a system that, in the long term, could carry out sub hunting autonomously, but in the short term acts as an onboard co-pilot, freeing up human operators while doubling sonobuoy processing capacity.
  — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
• In 2025, France selected the company to provide active and passive sonobuoys under a contract awarded by Thales on behalf of the country’s defense procurement agency.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
• Broader sonobuoy push The Scottish trial arrives as Ultra Maritime expands its sonobuoy business through production contracts and international partnerships.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
• Based on the Boeing 737, the aircraft is equipped with a bank of computer stations, cutting-edge radar technology, a high-definition camera, torpedoes, and up to 129 marine sensors known as sonobuoys.
  — Alan Crawford, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
• These sonobuoys typically work as part of a larger network, where multiple buoys are deployed over a wide area to create an underwater surveillance grid, allowing operators to triangulate and track submarine movements more accurately, as per reports.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
• Ultra Maritime describes the SSQ-125B as its latest generation of active sonobuoy technology.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
• Equipped with advanced sensor suites, sonobuoy processing systems, and secure communications networks, the aircraft provides commanders with a comprehensive operational picture across expansive maritime domains.
  — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
• Backed by deep domain expertise in acoustic engineering and manufacturing excellence, Ultra Maritime continues to lead the evolution of sonobuoy technology, according to the company.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
• Emphasis on improving submarine detection capabilities The contract allows the Navy to begin producing and deploying these sonobuoys for training, operational use, and inventory buildup.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
• The demonstration highlighted how the company’s Sea Spear passive sonar and SSQ-125B active sonobuoy can work together to find unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs).
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
• Essentially a portable acoustic expert, SensorMAX continuously processes spectral energy profiles and data from up to eight subsurface sonobuoys simultaneously – doubling the feed capacity of legacy systems.
  — David Szondy august 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026