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$61.7-Million Contract Awarded To IBM By Navy For Signal Processors International Business Machines Corporation, Federal Systems Divi- sion, Manassas, Va., is being awarded a $61,704,000 fixed-price contract for long lead materials for AN/UYS-1 advanced signal pro- cessors. Work will be performed in Manassas (40 percent), and Owego, N.Y. (60 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 1989. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (99 percent) and for Spain (1 percent), under the For- eign Military Sales program. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-86-C-5212). Sperry Gets $17.5-Million Navy Contract To Design And Build LCAC Trainer The U.S. Naval Training Systems Center has awarded Sperry Corpo- ration a $17.5-million contract to design, develop, and assemble a full- mission simulator for the Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC). Under the terms of the contract, the train- er is scheduled to be ready for oper- ation by August 1989. This LCAC trainer is said to be the first in the free world to simu- late the performance and environ- ment of a hovercraft. It will recreate not only the unique motion dynam- ics of the hovercraft in various sea conditions, but also the high-speed transition from sea to land and land to sea through varying surf condi- tions. The LCAC, manufactured by the Bell Aerospace division of Textron, is a high-speed, ship-to-shore and over-the-beach hovercraft landing vehicle, capable of carrying a 60-ton payload. It is designed to carry the combat and logistics vehicles of a Marine Corps landing force to shore at speeds in excess of 40 knots. Cur- rent landing craft have a top speed of eight knots. Don O. Hartman, Sperry's pro- gram manager for the LCAC trainer, said the simulator will have a com- puter-generated imagery system ca- pable of producing full-daylight scenes. Like many aircraft simula- tors, the LCAC trainer will also have a six-degree-of-freedom motion base. To permit flexibility in train- ing and ease of skill transfer, the simulation system will be equipped with two separate instructor sta- tions, one located on the motion platform, the other located off the platform nearby. The LCAC trainer will simulate the craft's entire control cabin, in- cluding the three trainee stations for the craftmaster, engineer, and navigator, as well as the group com- mander station. The trainer's in- structor will be able to teach all maneuvers likely to be encountered during a complete mission. This in- cludes docking and docking at the mother ship, maneuvering in waters ranging from dead calm to Sea State 5, approaching land, and maneuver- ing through the surf zone to the beach zone and return. In addition, the trainer will enable students to recognize navigation aids with and without radar. It will also be capable of simulating malfunctions and al- lowing instruction in the proper reaction to emergencies. For free literature on the full range of marine electronics from Sperry, Circle 42 on Reader Service Card Port Of Houston Names Leach New President; Pugh Executive Director The commissioners of the Port of Houston Authority recently voted unanimously to name Richard P. Leach as president and James D. Pugh as executive director, accord- ing to announcement by Archie Bennett Jr., chairman. As president, Mr. Leach will serve as a Port of Houston employee over the next two years and repre- sent the Port with shippers, nation- al trade groups and international associations. Mr. Pugh is being promoted to Mr. Leach's former position as ex- ecutive director and will assume full responsibility for managing port fa- cilities. Both changes will become effec- tive December 1. Vi Hose-McCann Telephone Co., Inc., originators and pioneers of Sound Powered telephones for marine use, has expanded their product line to include a wide variety of U.S. Navy Electrical and Mechanical products. An assortment of these products are shown here. All Hose-McCann Navy Products are manufactured, tested, and qualified in accordance with the latest Military specifications. Please call or write for further information and specifications on these or any other Navy Products. With CALL SIGNAL STATION IC/D Symbol No. 2988 J* ! I ! § ss SOUND-POWERED TELEPHONE JACK BOX G15A/B/C SOUND-POWERED TELEPHONE HANDSET H203/U HEAD-CHEST SET STOWAGE BOX Symbol No. 2924.1 (1 to 6 Compartments) SOUND-POWERED HEAD-CHEST H200/U H202/U HANDSET HOLDER Z33A/B SOUND-POWERED TELEPHONE PLUG H39A SOUND-POWERED TELEPHONE JACK H27A ALARM BELLS & BUZZERS IC/B2S4 (Other types available) HORNS & SIRENS IC/H1S4 (Other types available) 5 0 ! 1 \ ! f % H HOSE McCAIMIM TELEPHONE CO., INC. 9 SMITH STREET ENGLEWOOD NEW JERSEY 07631 PHONE 201-567-2030 CABLE ADDRESS H0SETELC0 TELEX NO. 642837 ORIGINATORS AND PIONEERS OF SOUND POWERED TELEPHONES FOR MARINE USE Circle 142 on Reader Service Card © 0 fa November, 1986 103
