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Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System
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<p>The AN/BLQ-11 autonomous unmanned undersea vehicle (formerly the Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS)) is a <a href="/facts/Torpedo_tube/D0o8sNR1">torpedo tube</a>-launched and tube-recovered underwater search and survey <a href="/facts/Unmanned_undersea_vehicle/2v6GNzsz">unmanned undersea vehicle</a> (UUV) capable of performing autonomous <a href="/facts/Naval_mine/jo9uVY9U">minefield</a> reconnaissance as much as 200 kilometers (120 mi) in advance of a host <a href="/facts/Los_Angeles-class_submarine/fjmGRMUt"><i>Los Angeles</i></a>-, <a href="/facts/Seawolf-class_submarine/Ds8TvpIT"><i>Seawolf</i></a>-, or <a href="/facts/Virginia-class_submarine/kkEPYSmv"><i>Virginia</i></a>-class <a href="/facts/Submarine/6fhcAKHV">submarine</a>. </p><p>LMRS is equipped with both forward-looking <a href="/facts/Sonar/0Rg2G40e">sonar</a> and side-scan <a href="/facts/Synthetic_aperture_sonar/ynXvzIfa">synthetic aperture sonar</a>. </p><p><a href="/facts/Boeing/tF5sMe9F">Boeing</a> concluded the detailed design phase of the development project on 31 August 1999. In January 2006, <a href="/facts/USS_Scranton_(SSN-756)/MVFgglhL">USS <i>Scranton</i></a> successfully demonstrated homing and docking of an LMRS UUV system during at-sea testing. </p>