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Marine Electronics NEWS UPDATE Sperry Wins $22.3M U.S. Navy Navigator Contract Sperry Marine announced thattheU.S. Navy selected its MK-49 Ring Laser Gyro Ship's Inertial Navigation System for the Navy's sur- face and subsurface ships. The contract calls for the delivery of 13 MK-49 sys- tems plus options for 36 additional systems, and support over a three year period fora total of $22.34 million. The Navy will install the MK-49 systems initially awarded on this con- tract in the new DDG-51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, and later on Aegis cruisers, attack submarines, aircraft carriers and other major combatants. An MK-49 navigation system went into production at Sperry in 1989, and to date, more than 50 systems have been delivered to four navies. For more information on Sperry Circle 28 on Reader Service Card Cegelec Wins DPS Order The marine systems division of Rugby- based Cegelec Projects was awarded an order for its DPS 903 dynamic posi- tion control system by Neddrill Nederland BV. The system will be in- stalled on the owner's deep water drill ship, the Neddrill 1. The contract also includes a dual LSBL acoustic position- ing system, as well as installation and cabling. This is the second order Cegelec has received from Neddrill Nederland BV for the triple voting dynamic position control system. The first was installed on the Neddrill 2. For more information on Cegelec Circle 6 on Reader Service Card Seacoast Wins Special Op Vessel Job From Trinity Seacoast Electronics Inc. was awarded the contract to provide the communica- tion and navigation systems for the Mark V Special Operation Craft (SOC) from Trinity Marine's Equitable facility. The equipment package is to include radar, marine VHF, Loran C, global positioning systems and electronic chart navigation units. The award is in addition to the recent contract for two commercial tugs under construction at Trinity Marine's Moss Point facility. Being built for Penn Mari- time, the tugs include dual Furuno radar installations along with a complete complement of communication and navigation products. Finally, the company's new construction group re- cently provided the specified dial tele- phone, CCTV, and meteorological sys- tems to the AGOR/NOAA vessels cur- rently under construction at Trinity's Halter facility. For more information on Seacoast Circle 20 on Reader Service Card EMS & Sperry Win Cape May Ferry Contract Electronic Marine Systems, Inc. of Rahway, N.J. has been awarded a con- tract to provide a state-of-the-art ship automation system for the first of a four- ship program. The EMS Marcon divi- sion will provide the machinery moni- toring console, pneumatic controls and fire system. All work is to be done at Newport News Shipyard. Sperry Ma- rine will provide the integrated bridge system. For more information on EMS Circle 60 on Reader Service Card Simrad Wins Orders Totaling $4.7 Million Simrad secured orders for ship automa- tion and positioning systems for four advanced offshore and research ves- sels. The orders have a total value of nearly $4.7 million. Remoy Management of Norway or- dered a compact integrated ship auto- mation system for a new platform ser- vice vessel under construction at the Brattvag shipyard. The Power Pack system is reportedly the first standard- ized, integrated system to be installed in a vessel of this size. The package includes an ADP 701 dynamic position- ing system (DPS), thruster control, vessel automation and an electronic chart sys- tem. Stolt Comex Seaway ordered a redun- dant DPS with various reference sys- tems, including an underwater position- ing system for Seaway Falcon. The vessel was originally a drill ship, and is being converted to become mainly a cable layer. Rieber Shipping ordered a DPS for its new arctic research vessel, currently being built at the Kvaerner Kleven ship- yard. The order includes Hipap, a new high-precision underwater positioning system. Finally, Golar Nor chose Simrad to supply a redundant dynamic position- ing and position mooring system with dual transducer hydroacoustic position reference system, independent joystick system and vessel simulator for the Petrojarl 4, a vessel being converted at the Spanish Astano shipyard to an off- shore production vessel. For more information on Simrad Circle 18 on Reader Service Card Growing Demand Prompts C-Map/Russia Office Move The C-Map/Russia office recently moved its office. 'There is a rapidly growing demand for ECDIS quality elec- tronic charts in this area of the world. Therefore we have expanded our op- eration to meet this demand, first with the opening ofC-Map/Polandand now with the expansion of C-Map/Russia," said Kenneth J. Cirillo, vice president and general manger, C-Map/USA. The new address for C-Map/Russia is: 21 Line 8, Block H, Office 19,199026 - St. Petersburg, Russia; tel/fax: +7812119 1234. For more information from C-Map/USA Circle 7 on Reader Service Card Alden System Factors In High Seas Rescue BOC Challenge racer Isabelle Autissierwas res- cued by Australian au- thorities 870 nautical miles southwest of Hobart when her ocean racer was dev- astated by rough seas, conditions which caused the boat to lose its mast and suffer a 16-ft. (5-m) hole in her deck. The racer was rescued after activating her Alden SATFIND-406 Survival EPIRB to assist search and rescue efforts. TheSATFIND- 406 Survival EPIRB transmits a power signal via satellite. For more information from Alden Circle 29 on Reader Service Card Hughes Offers New Display System An advanced display system that pro- vides oceangoing commercial ship op- erators with the capability to integrate all onboard electronic sensor data was introduced by Hughes Aircraft Co. The Mariner 2200 Display System builds on Automatic Radar Plotting Appara- tus (ARPA) basic navigation and track- ing features by automatically integrat- ing ownship sensor data and sharing digital information with onboard sys- tems. Built-in functions include clutter rejection, automatic tracking, automatic tuning and land masking. The system features advanced ARPA with greater than 60 track capacity per radar; inter- faces to all navigation inputs including GPS/DGPS, Loran, VHF, SATNAV, speed log and gyrocompass; and has built-in local area network interface for immediate shipboard digital network compatibility. For more information from Hughes Circle 19 on Reader Service Card Magnavox Introduces Integrated System Magnavox has introduced a new inte- grated communication optimization sys- tem, for use with its land and marine MAGNAPhone satellite systems. The Magnavox Communication Integrator is a programmable call-routing device which reportedly simplifies and opti- mizes mobile voice, fax and data com- munications through multiple media. It is designed to integrate all available communication circuits, including Inmarsat, VSAT, cellular, digital selec- tive calling (DSC), radio and landlines, into a seamless automated system. An important feature of the system is its ability to modify signal levels automati- cally to accommodate different commu- nication formats, media and circuits. The Communication Integrator is de- signed for use on cruise ships, commer- cial vessels, offshore oil rigs and military vessels. For more information from Magnavox Circle 8 on Reader Service Card Kelvin Hughes Contributed To QE2 Refit During the recent refit of the QE2, Kelvin Hughes Ltd. replaced all of the ship's navigation radar displays and anten- nas, plus new navigation and electronic chart displays and plotting tables. One of the new pieces of equipment fitted to the QE2 is the chart display unit (CDU). The CDU presently displays the new Admiralty Raster Charts (ARCs) but it will be able to display the DX90 charts as and when they become available. For more information on Kelvin Hughes Circle 119 on Reader Service Card Sperry Chooses Trimble As Preferred GPS Supplier Trimble Navigation was selected by Sperry Marine as its preferred supplier of GPS receivers. Sperry Marine will use Trimble's new NT series of graphic GPS and Differen- tial GPS receiv- ers in its new Vision 2100 integrated bridge system. The NT200 and NT200D, which Sperry has de- signed into its integrated navigation sys- tem, is designed to provide precise po- sitioning information for commercial ship navigation. Using the NT200 or the NT200D, mariners can watch a moving (Navigation & Communication news is continued on page 42) 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
