Russia's GNPP Region, a subsidiary of the Tactical Missiles Corporation (KTRV), has unveiled its ISPUM/ISPUM-E (Integrated System for Search and Destruction of Mines) shipborne mine countermeasures system for the Russian Navy's Project 12700 Alexandrite-class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) and its export-oriented variant, the Project 12701.
The company demonstrated the system for the first time at the International Maritime Defence Show 2019, which was held in Saint Petersburg in mid-July.
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A scale model of the Alexandrite-ISPUM-E MCM system's unmanned underwater vehicle.
According to the manufacturer, the Alexandrite-ISPUM-E comprises an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) with a modular payload, a towed vehicle, marking buoys, control systems, a shipborne retractable ventral sonar, electrically driven wrench with optical-fibre datalink cable, and other support devices.