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Edger Named President Of Jered Brown Brothers m m J& R. J. Edger R. J. (Rick) Edger has been named president of Jered Brown Brothers, Inc., a Troy, Mich., engi- neering and manufacturing compa- ny specializing in shipboard equip- ment for the U.S. Navy, including aircraft, cargo, and weapons eleva- tors; ship steering systems; sub- marine bow planes; anchor wind- lasses; and specialized handling sys- tems. Jered Brown Brothers is an oper- ating unit of Vickers Marine Engi- neering Division, which in turn is a major division of Vickers P.L.C., the London, England, based parent company of Rolls Royce Motors, and a worldwide supplier of systems and equipment for business, lithog- raphy, medical and scientific as well as for defense and marine indus- tries. Mr. Edger had previously been Jered Brown's vice president of sales and marketing. He joined the company in 1985 from Lake Shore, Inc., an Iron Mountain, Mich., man- ufacturer of deck machinery, where he had been general manager of Lake Shore's marine division. Prior to the Lake Shore stint, Mr. Edger for 10 years served in a series of marketing and sales engineering po- sitions with Sperry Vickers, a major marine hydraulics manufacturer. Mr. Edger is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Ma- rine Engineers (SNAME), the American Society of Naval Engi- neers (ASNE), and the Navy Lea- gue. Veritas Group Restructures Into Corporation With Independent Subsidiaries The Board of Det norske Veritas is to restructure the Veritas Group into a corporation in which activi- ties within its different business areas are managed by independent limited companies with worldwide market responsibility. This reorganization means that from January 1, 1988, the Veritas Group will consist of a new classifi- cation company, a new industrial company, an offshore company (Veritec A.S) and the existing com- panies A.S. Veritas-huset, A. S Veri- tas Research and A.S Computas. With the exception of A. S. Com- putas, the subsidiaries will be owned 100 percent by the foundation Det norske Veritas through a Veritas Holding Company. Saab Offers New User Friendly System To Load And Discharge Tankers Saab Marine Electronics of Gothenburg, Sweden, has intro- duced the Mac/501 system that ena- bles the operator to load and dis- charge tankers by operating a light pen or a tracker ball on a color mon- itor. While studying on-line graphic mimic pictures on the screen he will have full control of the cargo han- dling and its associated pumps and valves. By use of the latest man- machine communication tech- niques, the handling is simplified and made safer. Distributed independent substa- tions provide increased reliability and secures operation even if the central processor should fail. The cargo level is monitored by the integrated radar sensors of the well-known TankRadar system giv- ing non-contact measurement of cargo levels. Also ballast gauging, temperature and pressure measure- ment as well as other types of sen- sors can be included. For free literature giving com- plete details on the Mac/501 from Saab, Circle 42 on Reader Service Card With rain and sea clutter circuits OFF on PATHFINDER/ST ARPA, sea clutter extends 1.8 to 2 miles from ship, ice floe belts appear 320° to 35°, additional ice clutter scattered beyond sea clutter 270° to 320° (Thick lines at 230° and 155° are RACONS). With rain and sea clutter circuits ON, the radar picture is absolutely "clean" Sea and ice clutter are gone. All targets previously masked are clearly visible. Raytheon PATHFINDER/ST. Superior Technology Provides Superior Target Detection. True Motion with Electronic Plotting or ARPA. Raytheon sets radar performance stan- dards for the 21st century with technolo- gy breakthroughs that virtually eliminate noise, interference and clutter, while rec- ognizing and displaying even weak tar- gets typically lost on other radars. The heart of this improved radar system is Raytheon's exclusive five-stage signal processing...we call it Superior Technology. ST for short. Combined with higher performance transmitters and receivers, and the latest raster displays, ST provides performance levels never before available. Now, with PATHFINDER/ST, your vessels-and their crews-can have an important extra mea- sure of safety and efficiency, including a unique Safety-Coded CPA Circle, which shows course selections for safest CPAs. PATHFINDER/ST is available as an ARPA or a True Motion/Relative Motion display with Electronic Plotting. These displays can easily retrofit the displays in older Raytheon Bright Display Radar Systems, and can be high-performance repeaters for radars of most other manufacturers. When interfaced with an SNA-91 Integrat- ed Bridge Display, the PATHFINDER/ST ARPA also becomes a key sensor/deci- sion-aid in a complete shipboard naviga- tion and control system. Near-Perfect Target Detection. Using increased signal-to-noise levels, high dynamic range, precisely matched pulse bandwidths, and exclusive Rain Rate circuits, PATHFINDER/ST receiv- ers faithfully capture target returns even in severe clutter. PATHFINDER/ST multistage processing analyzes, compares, tests, and samples the received signal so that all detected targets, no matter how weak in signal strength, are distinguished from clutter and clearly displayed. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
