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5 Canadian Consortiums

Contend For $5-Billion

Domestic Sub Project

Five Canadian consortiums re- cently submitted letters of interest to the Canadian Ministry of Nation- al Defense in order to enter into the bidding for a $5-billion contract to build nuclear submarines under a new program.

The Canadian consortiums that expressed interest were: CSE Sub- marines Group, Inc., of Toronto;

Lavalin Inc. of Montreal; Marine

Industries Ltd. of Montreal; Marine

Industries Ltd. of Montreal; Para- max Electronics Inc. of Montreal; and St. Johns Shipbuilding, St.

Johns, New Brunswick.

At present, the Canadian govern- ment is in the process of evaluating submarine designs for the 10- to 12- vessel project. So far, the British

Trafalgar Class and French Rubis/

Amethyste Class submarines are the only contenders.

According to Canadian Minister of Defense Perrin Beatty, the ma- jority of the work and equipment will be supplied by domestic compa- nies.

However, he noted that it was not the intention of the Canadian gov- ernment to exclude any industry, including American, which offered a useful and competitive project.

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From the control panels through the computer, transmitter, and receiver-and then in five steps leading to the CRT-

Raytheon's exclusive Superior Technology provides sharp, bright radar pictures virtually free of clutter.

PATHFINDER/ST ARPA: 34-cm or 25-cm

PPI's (16" or 12" diagonal CRT iMO equivalents), provide automatic tracking of up to 40 targets with vectors and readouts for most dangerous 20. Have auto and manual acquisition, and unique trial maneuvers.

PATHFINDER/ST TM/EP: 34-cm or 25-cm

PPI's (16" or 12" diagonal CRT IMO equivalents), have True and Relative

Motion displays. Electronic Plotting, course, speed, bearing, CPA and TCPA for two selected targets.

Comparison

Tests Prove

PATHFINDER/ST

Radars See What

Other Radars Can't.

In side-by-side comparison tests, a

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Optimum Resolution

Displays are

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PATHFINDER/ST raster scan PPI images are refreshed 50 times each second. This eliminates the annoying "flicker" found in other radar systems.

The number of pixels has been carefully chosen for optimum resolution. The re- sult is an extremely sharp, ultra-bright image that is easy to view, day or night.

February, 1988

Superior Technology

Will Clearly Fit

Your Needs.

PATHFINDER/ST Radars satisfy a very wide range of installation and operating requirements. Signal multi- plexing reduces connections between

PATHFINDER/ST receivers and dis- plays. This, combined with electronic interswitching for dual systems, the abil- ity to mount transceivers "up" in antenna pedestals, or "down" in separate cabi- nets, and keyboard entry of all set-up parameters, makes any installation straightforward, simple, and economical.

In addition to having the optional IMO- required, antenna-mounted performance monitors, PATHFINDER/ST Radar soft- ware provides menus for extensive self- testing of virtually every function.

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IMO and the national regulatory agen- cies of countries worldwide.

They are backed by extensive worldwide support and service facilities, located in major ports everywhere.

Specifications subject to change without notice

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The selection of the builder for the new Canadian nuclear sub- marine is expected to be finalized in 1990.

General Motors-EMD

Appoints John Archer

John R. Archer

The appointment of John R.

Archer as director of quality and product assurance of the Electro-

Motive Division (EMD) of General

Motors was announced recently by

Clifford J. Vaughan, GM vice president and general manager of

EMD.

In addition to his responsibilities with Electro-Motive Division, Mr.

Archer will have coordinating re- sponsibility for the locomotive qual- ity and product assurance activities of Diesel Division, General Motors of Canada, Ltd.

Ceramic Coatings

Approved By ABS

For Diesel Engine Use

The American Bureau of Ship- ping issued a Certificate of Approv- al to Turbine Components Corpora- tion of Branford, Connecticut, on

June 17, 1987. A.B.S. has surveyed

T.C.C.'s facility and reviewed the process, specifications, and quality assurance program for the applica- tion of a unique ceramic thermal barrier coating on various diesel en- gine components. The thermal bar- rier coating consists of a metallic bond coat and a ceramic top coat of yttria stabilized zirconia.

Tubrine Components Corpora- tion was established in 1970 to pro- vide gas turbine engine users with specialized repair and coating of turbine blades, vanes, and other components. Turbine Components

Corporation was a pioneer in im- proving the maintenance of gas turbine components with ceramic coatings and holds F.A.A. license number 119-20. Now, Turbine Com- ponents Corporation has decided to offer this unique ceramic protection for diesel engine components.

Diesel engines coated with

T.C.C.'s ceramic thermal barrier have demonstrated, during actual commercial operation, reduced fuel consumption, reduced ignition de- lay, and smoother, cleaner combus- tion.

Turbine Components Corpora- tion guarantees its ceramic coatings not to peel, flake, or come off during normal operation.

For free literature giving com- plete details from Turbine Compo- nents Corporation,

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