Maritime Reporter, May 1989

<BODY> <div> Sperry Marine, Philips To Cooperate On German ESM/ADF System Sperry Marine Inc., Charlottes- ville, Va., and Philips GmbH Unter- nehmensbereich Systeme und Son- dertechnik, Kiel, West Germany, re- cently announced the signing of a cooperation agreement for jointly pursuing the ESM/ADF system re- quirements of the new Federal Re- public of Germany U212 submarine program. Sperry Marine, the manufacturer of the Guardian Star periscope- mounted ESM/ADF system, and Philips GmbH, a supplier of Inte- grated Logistic Support, training and installation services to the Ger- man Navy, have signed a coopera- tion agreement which offers their mutual strengths to the U212 pro- gram. The Guardian Star is an ad- vanced, high-speed, ESM/ADF sys- tem incorporating a lightweight, low radar cross section antenna, raster- scan touchscreen technology, and system flexibility unparalleled in other submarine ESM systems to- day. The advanced technology of the Guardian Star, coupled with Sperry Marine's experience as one of two suppliers of periscopes to the U.S. Navy, make the Guardian Star system unique. The system incorpo- rates design features which over- come the problems normally asso- ciated with periscope-ESM/ADF in- tegration. Philips GmbH brings to the team a wealth of experience servicing the FRG Navy in the areas of installa- tion, commissioning, service and ILS; e.g., training and Navy-ap- proved documentation. Located in Kiel, one of the two possible sites for construction of the U212, Philips GmbH is ideally located for imme- diate support during the U212 ESM/ADF installation and sea-trial phases of the program. Sperry Marine Inc. and Philips GmbH together will provide an ex- cellent combination of strengths to the U212 program, supplying de- cades of experience and quality products and service in their mutual fields of expertise. For more information and free lit- erature, Circle 43 on Reader Service Card Datrex Introduces Hydrostatic Release For Inflatable Life Rafts Datrex, Inc., Miami, Fla., has in- troduced the U.S. Coast Guard- approved/SOLAS 74/83 Hammar H20 two-year disposable hydrostat- ic release for commercial marine inflatable life rafts. Datrex reports the new Hammar H20 release is safe, reliable, and through simplicity of design, offers a substantial cost savings. A glass fiber-reinforced nylon housing holds a pressure chamber which activates a spring-loaded, ra- May, 1989 zor knife when the unit reaches a depth between 1.5 m to 4 m. As the knife is released it cuts through a rope sling in which the lashing of the life raft is attached thereby allowing the life raft to float free of its stowage set up while still being attached to the vessel by the activa- tion line of the life raft and the weak link of the Hammar H20 release. As the life raft continues to float up- ward toward the surface, the activa- tion line is drawn out until reaching the operating wire connection of the gas cylinder which then ignites the inflation system and the life raft breaks the weak link connection of the Hammar H20 as the vessel con- tinues to sink. The Hammar H20 allows fully automatic operation of the inflatable life raft in the event that one cannot manually launch the life raft. The Hammar H20 Hydrostatic Release is designed for a period of two years of service on board the vessel without any maintenance. Each release is marked with an expi- ration date and is easy to install. Datrex offers a dealer and distrib- utor program in the U.S. for the Hammar H20 release. 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