Echoscope-FL has a number of underlying key design elements that enable the 3D sonar to offer far better performance than conventional forward looking sonars. In addition to the standard features which a conventional forward looking sonar can produce, Echoscope-FL is able to offer:

• Acquisition and display of full 3D view of the volume in front of the vehicle for each ping transmitted (up to 90 x 40 degrees), with range and intensity images created real-time
  
  
• High angular resolution in both vertical and horizontal directions, allowing target localization in elevation, as well as the azimuth and range localization provided by conventional sector scan systems
  
  
• Display of multi-plane sector scan data, allowing sector scan data for planes above and below the vehicle to be viewed
  
  
• Pitch, roll and yaw corrected sonar data, so that images are obtained for the direction of travel, rather than the current attitude of the vehicle
  
  
• Improved surveillance of the volume close to the vehicle, where coverage from conventional sector scans is limited
  
  
• Simultaneous production of the various image/data products available from the sonar (3D, multi-plane sector scan, conventional sector scan)
  
  
• Storage and retrieval of up to 24 hours of 3D data for post-mission analysis
  
  
• Automated mine and target object detection