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TDMA system for vessels' tracking in addition to

ARPA and AIS possibilities.

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Low Friction Composite Roller

Fairleads

With commercial ship owners and the U.S. Navy increasingly using light, high strength, synthetic rope,

Schoellhorn-Albrecht

Machine Co. has developed a new line of roller fairleads using state-of-the-art com- posite rollers to protect soft, synthetic rope from wear caused by traditional steel rollers.

The composite materi- al combines high strength, low water absorption and the right elasticity. The new fairleads do the same job as before without causing any abrasion to the rope.

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Bartee Promoted to COO at DLBA

Donald Blount, president of Donald L. Blount &

Associates (DLBA), announced that Executive Vice

President Robert Bartee has become the company's

Chief Operating Officer. Bartee was the third employ- ee of DLBA when he joined the firm in 1992.

Martek Awarded Wheelmark

Approval

Martek Marine were awarded the Marine Equipment

Directive (MED) 'wheelmark' approval for its range of fixed gas detection systems. The systems can be used on any type of vessel where there is a potential danger of a fugitive gas leak. The systems are most common- ly used on LNG and LPG carriers as well as all types of tankship, from bunkerbarges to ULCC's. The

MM6000, is an intrinsically safe infra-red gas detector, approved for use in gas dangerous spaces on LNG car- riers. MM2000 combined with MM1200 & MM1000 gas detectors is the only addressable gas detection con- trol system on the market to carry MED certification.

The MM5000 system, is a sequential gas sampling sys- tem used for ballast tanks/void space gas detection on tankships of all types and on LNG carriers.

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Northrop Grumman Restructures

Many Areas

Northrop Grumman Corp. announced several organi- zational changes within its Electronic Systems sector.

George W. Perkins, in the newly created position of sector vice president, Business Operations and Global

Solutions, will be responsible for capital resources, facilities and security as well as safety and environ- mental compliance. Taylor W. Lawrence, as sector vice president and general manager of the newly formed C4ISR Systems Division, will be responsible for helping accelerate the sector's business growth in the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business areas. John V. DeMaso, as sector vice president and general manager of the new Naval & Marine Systems

Division, will be responsible for all programs and busi- ness objectives associated with those sector businesses located in Charlottesville, Va.; Sunnyvale, Calif.;

Annapolis, Md.; Ocean Springs, Miss., and New

Malden, U.K Robert W. DuBeau, as sector vice pres- ident and general manager of the Systems

Development & Technology Division, will be respon- sible for leading the product teams responsible for advanced and applied research and development and systems development activities across a broad range of program areas.

James L. Cameron, is the new sector vice president and divisions general manager of the newly combined

Defensive and Navigation Systems Divisions. In addi- tion, he has assumed executive management responsi- bility for two former Component Technologies sector businesses.

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