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Solar Turbines Appoints

Ings President

Don M. Ings has been appointed president of Solar Turbines, Inc., the San Diego-based subsidiary of

Caterpillar, Inc. that manufactures industrial and marine gas turbines and turbine-driven compressor sets, generator sets and mechanical-drive packages. Mr. Ings, who was also elected a Caterpillar vice president, most recently had been manager of — - - - — — —- — ——~ " , • * * dustrial gas turbines for customers in 75 countries. For more informa- tion on Solar Turbines, Inc.,

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Shipbuilders Council Of

America Elects Newport

News CEO Board Chairman

W.R. "Pat" Phillips, president and CEO of Newport News Ship- building, was elected board chair- man of the Shipbuilders Council of

America board of directors' quar- terly meeting.

Mr. Phillips replaces Richard

A. Vortmann, president and CEO of National Steel and Shipbuilding of San Diego, Calif. The board's vice chairman is Thomas P. Jones, Jr., vice president of Atlantic Marine,

Jacksonville, Fla.

Racal Supplies VTMS To

Antwerp Harbor

The installation of an advanced

Vessel Traffic Management System (VTMS) for Antwerp has been com- pleted by Racal Avionics, following the introduction of three new radar systems at Delwaide Dock and at

Samga and Sibelco quays. These follow the successful first phase which introduced VTMS to Antwerp with two Racal radar systems at

Zandvliet and Boudewijn quays. All of the radar sites now combine to provide detailed coverage of the com- plete right bank of the Port, en- abling the harbor authorities to monitor shipping movements in one of Europe's busiest storage and transshipment centers.

As well as improving safety cov- erage within the harbor, the new

VTMS will enable the port author- ity to closely monitor traffic passing through its locks and to identify any vessels involved in collisions with other craft or harbor struc- tures.

The system's Operations Center at Zandvliethuis, which receives data transmitted by cable from the five remote radar sites, uses the latest digital scan conversion tech- nology, employing a new genera- tion of software together with a new map generation system. The

Racal VTMS Series 3 transceivers have been developed with a new modulator, low noise front end and integral power supplies.

For more information on Racal,

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Don M. Ings

Precision Barstock Products at

Caterpillar's York, Pa. facility. Mr.

Ings succeeds James W. Owens, who was selected to become vice president of Caterpillar's corporate services division and chief financial officer for the Peoria, 111.-based manufacturer of earthmoving equip- ment and engines.

Mr. Ings was associated with So- lar Turbines previously, having joined the company in 1970 and served in various engineering man- agement positions. He was named operations manager at Solar's

Kearny Masa manufacturing anc test facility in 1982 and became

Solar's vice president of manufac turing in 1984. He was appointee

York plant manager by Caterpillai in 1989.

Mr. Ings, 45, is a graduate oi

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technol- ogy and holds a degree in mechani- cal engineering.

Solar's gas turbine products covei a range from 1,000 to 10,515 kW (1,340 to 14,400 hp). The company has manufactured some 9 flftfi in-

Call for Papers "Ship Design and Operation in

Harmony with the Environment"

A Symposium to be held in conjunction with

The 1994 Annual Meeting

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers will hold its first

Annual Meeting of its second century in the colorful and busy port of New Orleans on November 16-19,1994 at the Fairmont Hotel.

The theme of the meeting will be "Ship Design and Operation in

Harmony with the Environment." In addition to the presentation of detailed papers on this subject, a symposium of designers, operators and builders will address design, retrofit and operations of ships from the environmental standpoint.

The Annual Meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers, a leading maritime professional society, is known as a prestigious international forum for the presentation and discussion of technical papers on a variety of subjects in naval architecture and marine engineering. A program reflective of this tradition will be offered in 1994.

You are encouraged to participate in the Technical Program of the 1994

Annual Meeting by preparing a 400-500 word proposal, plus a tentative outline, by December 15, 1993. (This is an extension of the original deadline of October 15, 1993.) Please include paper title, authors name, address, phone and fax number. Material should be sent to the Publications Coordi- nator, SNAME, 601 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306. Telephone 201- 798-4800; fax 201-798-4975.

Deadlines are:

December 15,1993: Abstract due

May 15,1994: Smooth draft due for Papers Committee approval

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