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Raytheon To Purchase Assets Of Standard Radio

Raytheon Company announced that it has completed the transaction to purchase certain assets of the marine communication business of Standard Radio A8 of Sweden.

Standard (Stockholm, Sweden), is a manufacturer of shipboard communications equipment which complies with international requirements for the Global Maritime

Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) and point-to-point communications systems for land-based applications.

Sales of these products in 1995 were approximately S7 million. These product lines will become part of Raytheon

Marine's marine electronics business with sales of more than S200 million to the merchant shipping, commercial fishing, recreational boating and government markets worldwide.

Standard Radio product lines are highly complemen- tary with Raytheon Marine's existing radar and naviga- tion products. This acquisition will also allow Raytheon to compete more effectively in the worldwide market- place because the combined companies can now offer shipowners and builders complete solutions for integrat- ed ship control, communications systems, and sensor inputs from radar, global positioning systems and gyro compasses. Raytheon Marine employs more than 1,000 people worldwide, with operations in Manchester, N.H. (U.S.); Portsmouth (U.K.); and Kiel (Germany).

Raytheon Company, headquartered in Lexington, Mass.., is a SI 2-billion international, high technology company which operates in four businesses: commercial and defense electronics; engineering and construction; avia- tion; and major appliances.

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Keel Laid For World's Largest

FPSO

The initial keel section for the world's largest newbuilding Floating,

Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel was laid in the 556 x 93-m building dock at Harland &

Wolff, Belfast. The weldment, a cen- terline keel section weighing 461 tons and measuring 36 x 17 x 6.5 m, was lowered into position using an 840-ton capacity Goliath crane. The FPSO is being built to store 950,000 barrels of oil, for use at the Schlehallion discov- ery, west of Shetland. "Watch" On The

One-Man Bridge

Continues

The debate over the accept- ability of one-officer watch at night was recently revived at the meeting of the International

Maritime Organization (IMO).

The result of the meeting — among other safety measures discussed and adopted — was to continue trials involving ships with just one officer on watch during dark hours.

The trials are scheduled to continue until the end of 1997, at which time the test results will be submitted to the IMO for fur- ther evaluation.

The trials were dropped last year following pressure from several member states. After the trials conclude in 1997, the member states will reconsider the advisability of amending the convention on Standards of

Training and Watchkeeping for

Seafarers (STCW) to permit solo watchkeeping at night.

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Radio Holland Completes

Innovative Installations

Radio Holland recently completed several innovative installations. One involved an integrated voyage event recording package, a system which integrates electronic charting sys- tems and voice data from the bridge.

All pertinent navigational data, such as the electronic chart that is in use,

GPS position, speed, heading, course, route, way points, tide and currents, wind speed and direction, water depth, radar targets and data, cross track error, rate of turn, date and time, can be replayed via an off-the- shelf IBM compatible personal com- puter. One recorder can handle up to 64 input channels, with up to 21 days of history.

Other recent jobs for the supplier include the installation of custom- made anti-hijacking equipment (for cruise liners) and thermal imaging cameras for non-cruise line marine applications.

For more information from Radio Holland

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