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• Increased ship's safety through reliable, precise navigation • economical operation through reduced personnel requirements • relief of the officer on duty from routine tasks ...are the outstanding features of the NAUTOPLOT.

Besides indicating the actual position on a sea chart, the

NAUTOPLOT offers, in systemtechnical combination with the adaptive autopilot

NAUTOPILOT A, the track controller

NAUTOTRACK and optionally a Nautical Information Display, the function of a track control system.

Modern sea-going ships, such as the "Ship of the Future" utilize this technological advance.

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Review of Outstanding

Oceangoing Ships of 1991 16

Naval Technology &

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Navy Plans Up To $11

Billion For Sealift 23

U.S. Boatbuilding

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Five-Year Outlook For

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Fiscal Year '92 Budget

For The Coast

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