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INDASA Names T.A.S.T.

North American Agent —Literature Available

Industrial De Acabados, SA. (IN-

DASA) has selected T.A.S.T. Cor- poration of Fairfield, N.J., to be their exclusive representative for the U.S. and Canada, according to an announcement by T.A.S.T. presi- dent Alfred E. Stanford.

INDASA, founded in 1968, is a premier ship coating contractor for major shipyards throughout Spain.

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ELECTRONICS WD A TE

DRS Offers

Advanced Sonar Signal

And Video Processing Systems

Free Color Literature Available oc

Now only one desalination source on earth offers so much at sea,

Never before have such an extensive, high-quality product range, competitive pricing structure, global service and comprehensive expertise in marine desalination been provided by one single source.

Desalt - the company which has moulded together the combined resources of Atlas and

Nirex - must be welcome news for the entire maritime industry.

Whatever capacity of constant fresh water you need on board, Desalt can deliver. Whether the requirement is for tankers and trawlers. Fish factory and surimi ships. Cruise liners, coasters, container vessels. Offshore rigs and platforms.

New-build or retrofit. And our spares and service back-up is established in every major port on earth.

From developing plate heat exchanger technology to our pioneering work in cooling water system optimisation, we have made a major contribution to lower operating costs for all types of maritime enterprise.

As for the future, we're investing heavily right now in improving even further the present

Atlas and Nirex technology and in evolving still more efficient, cost-effective techniques. For example, we've perfected a remarkable multi- stage, low-mai "itenance, highly corrosive- resistant Desalt distiller about half the size of plant with similar capacity.

So today, wouldn't it be wise to discover more about Desalt? Make contact by phone, fax, telex or letter with your local Alfa-Laval Desalt representative or direct to the address below.

ALFA-LAVAL

DESALT

Alfa-Laval Desalt A/S

Stamnolmen 93, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tel: +45-31-784777 Telex: 35115 desalt dk Fax: +45-36-771205

Don't put to sea with anything less.

Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems,

Inc. (DRS), Oakland, N.J., is a prime defense contractor designing and manufacturing advanced sys- tems for signal processing, video- image display, data recording, stor- age and playback, and training for undersea warfare, command, con- trol, communications and intelli- gence (C3I) and other military and governmental applications. The company's systems are deployed aboard surface ships and subma- rines, as well as in the air and on land for target detection, classifica- tion, localization and attack in- volved in a number of strategic and tactical military initiatives.

DRS is a major supplier of inte- grated signal processing, display, re- cording and trainer systems for

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) surface and subsurface fleets and coordinates shipboard-technology developments with air programs for the integrated operation of ships with aircraft.

DRS pioneered passive sonar de- tection for surface ships with the

AN/SQS-54—the original acoustic signal processor deployed on U.S.

Navy aircraft carriers.

Since then, DRS has become the

Navy's prime contractor for the AN/

SQS-17 sonar signal processing sys- tem, one of the company's major systems on board over 100 Navy ships, and its more advanced ver- sion, the AN/SQR-17A.

The AN/SQR-17A, a totally inte- grated submarine detection, classifi- cation, display and recording sys- tem for ships, is the sixth generation in this product line. It includes the

Sonar Signal Processor and Display

System, the RD-420B Tape Record- ing System, the AN/ARR-75 Sono- buoy/Receiver Interface Unit and an antenna unit. The system ana- lyzes and displays eight channels of processed information from a num- ber of the most advanced helicop- ter-deployed and ship-launched sonobuoys, as well as passive sonar data from hull-mounted and towed- array sonars.

Other advanced electronic equip- ment from DRS includes the signal processor of the AN/SQR-18A Tac- tical Towed Array Sonar System (TACTAS), which processes signals received from sensors towed behind a ship and the Advanced Video Pro- cessor (AVP), a display unit select- ed for the AN/UYQ-21 acoustic dis- play stations in the AN/SQQ-89 sonar suite, planned for deployment on board most U.S. Navy ASW ships. Designated the "OJ-653/

UYQ-21(V) Integrated Display

Console" for this application, it can process and display sonar, radar and infrared images for electronic coun- termeasures (ECM) and strategic and tactical C3I. This display con- sole is expected to become the stan- dard bus, hardware and software modules with high-speed, high- data-rate video processing.

DRS has emphasized the need for on-board training for many years.

The company's ASW acoustic simu- lator systems were developed for training new military personnel and for maintaining the skills of veteran sensor operators at all proficiency levels.

Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems'

AN/SQR-17A(V) On-Board Trainer is embedded in the AN/SQR-17A

Processor for use on U.S. Navy FF- 1052 Class frigates. A high-fidelity, modular, acoustic simulator, it sharpens the skills of sonar opera- tors through target identification, analysis and classification.

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May, 1990

Conoco Inc. Orders Two

Double-Hull Tankers From

Samsung Shipbuilding

U.S. oil producer Conoco Inc.,

Houston, Texas, recently ordered two double-hulled 95,000-ton tank- ers from South Korean Samsung

Shipbuilding & Engineering for op- eration in the Gulf of Mexico.

The double-hull tanker contract represents a break by Conoco from other U.S. oil firms, which have resisted ordering such type vessels.

At present, bills have been passed by both the House and the Senate concerning the fitting of double bot- toms and double hulls on all tankers and tanker barges operating in domestic ports.

The House version of the bill would require that existing vessels be retrofitted with double bottoms over seven years and double hulls over 15 years.

The Senate version calls for fur- ther study before passing any legis- lation.

Both bills are currently under re- view by the House-Senate Confer- ence Committee.

The legislation would not only affect the 153 U.S.-flag tankers and 1,800 oil barges, but also the 200 to 300 foreign tankers serving U.S. ports. The American Petroleum In- stitute estimates that it would cost more than $16.6 billion to retrofit all of these vessels.