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Schelde Shipbuilding Lays Keel For Amphibicus

The keel for Rotterdam, an

Amphibious Transport Ship (ATS) for the Royal

Netherlands Navy, was laid on

February 23 at the Schelde-

East yard of Schelde

Shipbuilding. The ATS is scheduled to be delivered in 1997, and is designed for crisis control calamity situations, as well as humanitarian aid and evacuations. The vessel is being built in a modular form, and it is being classed by

Lloyd's Register.

In this project, the Royal

Netherlands Navy and

Schelde Shipbuilding have worked with the Spanish

Navy, as there is currently a

Netherlands Company

Selects Boatracs BUI

Software

Boatracs Inc. has completed its I first European sale to Wijgula, an|

European inland shipping compa- ny. Wijgula purchased the BOAT-

COMM User Interface (BUI) sys-| tem for its fleet. The BUI system I reportedly allows marine compa-| nies to interface onboard personall computer systems with the I

Boatracs system. BUI gives thel user the ability to use the full com-1 puter screen to send messages and I data files between boats and thel office. In addition, Boatracs has I signed a Memorandum of|

Understanding with Alcatel- [

Qualcomm granting distribution rights to Boatracs in marine mar- kets in the U.K., Germany, Austria | and the Benelux states.

For more information on Boatracs

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Vitro To Acquire Program

Support Contract From Litton

Vitro Corporation, a subsidiary of I

Tracor, Inc., will purchase the [ assets of a PRC Inc. (a subsidiary of I

Litton Industries, Inc.) line of busi- [ ness related to the performance of|

Aegis engineering and technical f services.

Vitro will acquire the business | supporting the U.S. Navy's acquisi- tion of Aegis ship systems, which is j covered by a five-year Navy con- tract valued at approximately | $42.4 million.

For more information on Tracor

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D&P To Work With Projemar

Designers & Planners, Inc. (D&P) | has entered into an exclusive agreement with Projemar, SA of |

Brazil, to enhance the company's commercial ship design offering.

Projemar provides engineering ser- vices for the shipbuilding, shipping | and offshore industries worldwide.

Projemar has developed more than 500 designs of a wide range of com- mercial ships and offshore plat- forms. Approximately 50 of these designs have been built in Brazil by

Emaq, Ishibras and Verolme ship- yards for the domestic and export markets. D&P will market

Projemar designs in North America and supply liaison services.

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Through this partnering, there has been unified pur- chasing of sensors and com- munications equipment, which has allowed consider- able savings.

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