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Atlas Simulator For Cadiz

University

STN Atlas Elektronik's Bremen- based simulation division, in asso- ciation with Page Iberica SA, has been awarded a contract for design and delivery of a ship-handling simu- lator to the Nautical Training Cen- ter of Cadiz University. The first simulator of its type to be commis- sioned in Spain, it is due for instal- lation this spring and will be used for training of ships' masters, pilots and students as well as for research applications.

The system comprises a complete replica of a ship's bridge equipped with a full range of advanced VHF communications and navigation fa- cilities, including an Atlas 9800

ARPA and 9600 TM radar. The bridge area itself consists of a series of main control and navigation con- soles, together with a steering stand.

Up to six ships of differing types can be generated via computer scenarios.

The Cadiz order is the second ship-handling simulator contract to have been secured by STN Atlas

Elektronik over recent months, fol- lowing one for upgrading of Ham- burg Technical College's Nautical

Faculty "SUSAN" system. Similar

Atlas-designed nautical simulators are also operational in Australia and Taiwan.

For more information on

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Electronic Charting Gets A

Boost Through New Alliance

C-MAP, the multi-national chart supplier, and Nautical Data Inter- national, Inc. (NDI), the private- sector chart production and distri- bution partner of Canadian Hydro- graphic Service, have joined forces in a strategic alliance to satisfy the growing demand for high quality digital charts for electronic naviga- tion systems.

This alliance encompasses all as- pects of the market: production and distribution of electronic charts, co- operation with hydrographic offices, sharing of technology and standard- ization of electronic chart usage.

As part of the agreement, C-MAP has acquired an equity position in

NDI. The Canadian Hydrographic

Service has fully supported this agreement and has reaffirmed its partnership with NDI. The new directors of NDI are Fosco

Bianchetti of C-MAP/Italy and

Brian Terry of NDI.

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C-MAP

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Inmarsat And Gulf States

Sign Memorandum of

Understanding

The Cooperation Council for the

Arab states of the Gulf (GCC) and

Inmarsat, the international mobile satellite organization, have signed

February, 1995 31 an agreement to collaborate on joint interests.

Key areas of future cooperation include the newly-formed Inmarsat affiliate company, a $2.6 billion ven- ture which will launch the global mobile satellite handheld telephone, called Inmarsat-P, in 1999.

Inmarsat and GCC hope to estab- lish a collective Middle Eastern rep- resentation of investors for the UK- based affiliate.

Inmarsat and GCC will also col- laborate on special projects involv- ing mobile satellite applications in the maritime, aeronautical and land mobile environments. These efforts include the organization of a Global

Maritime Distress and Safety Sys- tem (GMDSS) seminar to discuss the system with merchant and gov- ernment vessels and fishing fleets.

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