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"Use and Benefits of GPS for the

Civil/Commercial Communities," by Brad Montgomery, Texas

Instruments. "NAVSAT: A Global Civil Nav- igation Satellite System," by C.

Rosetti, European Space Agency. "Inmarsat: Clearing the Air," by

J.C. Bell, International Maritime

Satellite Organization. "The Evolution of Inmarsat

Ship Terminal Technology," by

A. Clifford Barker, Navidyne

Corporation. "Message Preparation Capabil- ity of an Inmarsat Satellite Com- munications Terminal," by Don- ald V. Anderson, Magnavox

Advanced Products and Systems

Company. "The Acceleration Displaceable

Mass: Generation Three for In- marsat Above-Deck Systems," by

Monroe McDonald, Tracor, BEI,

Inc. "Coast Guard Telecommunica- tions and the Future Global Mari- time Distress and Safety System," by Capt. M.E. Gilbert, U.S. De- partment of Transportation, U.S.

Coast Guard. "A New Generation of Lifeboat

Radios (Part of the FRG Project 'Ship of the Future'," by Udo von

Stebut, DEBEG GmbH, Federal

Republic of Germany. "COSPAS/SARSAT—An Oper- ating International System Look- ing Towards an International Op- erating Framework," by Thomas

E. McGunigal, et. al., U.S. Na- tional Aeronautics and Space

Administration. "Implementation of a Global

Search and Rescue Satellite Sys- tem," by George Kadar and Bruce

Burlton, Telesat Canada. "Future Maritime Position Lo- cation System Economics and

Markets," by Robert Tanenhaus, consultant. "Radiolocation Range Nulls and

Antenna Separations," Thomas

A. Moore, U.S. Department of

Commerce, NOAA, National Ocean

Service.

The National Ocean Industries

Association (NOIA) Telecommuni- cations meetings on Navigation and Positioning, Communications, and Ocean Sensing have been scheduled to overlap with the

RTCM Assembly. The meetings are to be held on May 31 and June 1 at the De La Poste Motor Hotel, 316 Rue Chartres, New Orleans, and have been so arranged as to minimize conflict with the RTCM sessions in order to enable mem- bers to attend both functions.

The NOIA offices are located at 1050 Seventeenth Street, N.W.,

Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20036.

The telephone number is (202) 785-5116.

For complete details on the

RTCM annual assembly including registration contact RTCM's of- fices at 655 Fifteenth Street, N.W.,

Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20005.

The telephone number is (202) 639-4006.

OTC Begins Study

Of HP's Response

To Wave Forces

Offshore Technology Corpora- tion of Escondido, Calif., invited the offshore industry to partici- pate in a study and test program to determine the response of Ten- sion Leg Platforms (TLP) to wave forces.

Rod Edwards, president, OTC, said that the program consisted of wave basin testing of a represent- ative TLP design model at OTC's

Escondido, Calif., facility. The re- sults defined the responses of TLP's to both linear and non-linear wave forces and established a data base for engineering design standards for these platforms.

OTC called a recent meeting in

Houston, Texas, of offshore firms to participate in this important program.

OTC has deep and shallow water test facilities as well as an outdoor coastal modeling basin. All are fully instrumented and comple- mented by modern computerized data acquisition systems.

For complete information on the testing program,

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