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Night Navigator SOS Demonstrations

The Night Navigator SOS (Safety

On Seas) fuses an active, laser-gated image intensified night vision cam- era with a high-resolution thermal imager allowing the user to see through heavy rain, snow, smog and fog. Demonstrations are being given aboard the 86-ft MY Aurora through June 2011 in Vancouver and Victoria, BC, Canada and can be arranged through the company’s website www.currentcorp.com/events/sos

Austal USA Wins Shipbuilders

Council Safety Award

The Shipbuilders Council of

America (SCA) congratulated Austal in a letter for earning the 2010 SCA

Award for Excellence in Safety. This honor is awarded to the shipyard members of the Association with the lowest total recordable incidence rates (TRIR) based on a quarterly injury and illness survey conducted by the SCA. This year, Austal con- tributed to the SCA’s lowest TRIR averages ever. According to Austal’s

Health, Safety and Environmental

Manager, Chris Blankenfeld, Austal’s overall TRIR average at the comple- tion of 2010 was 45% below the 2010 average goal set by the SCA.

Bay Electronics NOAA Vessel

Subcontract Award

Bay Electronics Inc. has been awarded a subcontract from

Fincantieri's Marinette Marine

Corporation shipyard in Wisconsin.

Bay Electronics Inc. will provide design services, equipment and tech- nical support for an integrated bridge system, navigation system, radio communication system and master clock system. This $1.3m dollar con- tract is for the National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hull FSV-6, currently under construction at the Marinette

Marine Shipyard. The ship will serve the Southwest Fisheries Science

Center and be home ported in San

Diego, Calif. The dynamic position- ing system utilizes external sensor inputs such as wind direction and speed sensors, inertial guidance sys- tem, ships gyro system, DGPS sys- tem, doppler speed system and more, all supplied by Bay Electronics Inc. www.marinelink.com MN 51

Photo courtesy Current Corp.

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