Page 47: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (November 1996)
Read this page in Pdf, Flash or Html5 edition of November 1996 Maritime Reporter Magazine
CONTRACTS AWARDED
NNS Chooses Design
Software For Use In Nimitz
Retrofit
Autodesk, Inc. has announced that Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has chosen AutoCAD
Release 13 design software as the primary platform for a major U.S.
Navy aircraft carrier retrofit pro- gram scheduled to begin next year.
The yard reportedly purchased 100 seats of AutoCAD Release 13 and four seats of Autodesk Mechanical
Desktop to begin the program, which will start with the retro- fitting of aircraft carrier USS
Nimitz. "We needed a design software platform that can easily translate files from a variety of third-party add-on programs," said Russ
Pfister, project engineer at NNS. "AutoCAD is the industry stan- dard. As a result, translation just isn't an issue."
Autodesk supplies PC design software and multimedia tools.
The company's 2-D and 3-D prod- ucts, geographic information sys- tems and data management tools are used in many industries, for uses including mapping, architec- tural design, mechanical design and Web content development.
Mercury Wins Additional
Navy Sub Supply Contract
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc., a supplier of embedded computers for the military, has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin
Federal Systems, Manassas, Va., to supply signal processing sys- tems for use in the development, integration and testing of the sonar subsystem for the New
Attack Submarine (NSSN). This multi-year contract has a reported initial value of five to $7.5 million.
This award is the third large
Navy contract that Mercury has won in the last three months, in addition to contracts to provide upgrades to the combat sonar sys- tems aboard Los Angeles Class subs, and for the development of the multi-purpose processors in submarine combat systems.
Lockheed Martin Federal
Systems is employing an incre- mental approach to develop the
COTS-based open combat control, sonar and architecture subsystems of the C3I system for the NSSN.
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems will also act as the integration agent for the C3I system, integrat- ing all 15 subsystems C3I. The integration effort will be performed at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn.
FiberChem and Autronica
Sign Contract
FiberChem, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary FCI
Environmental, Inc. (FCI), announced that it has signed a definitive contract with Autronica
AS, which provides fire, safety and environmental protection systems at offshore and onshore facilities.
Autronica AS, headquartered in
Trondheim, Norway, is a wholly- owned subsidiary of Whessoe pic.
Effective October 1, 1996, the contract covers resale of FCI's
PetroSense continuous and portable instrumentation for the monitoring of petroleum hydrocar- bons in produced water, storm water and wastewater, initially in certain countries with oil and gas operations in the North Sea, the
Persian Gulf and Southeast Asia.
Malcolm Beall, vice president of
Sales and Marketing for Autronica said, "FCI's products fit very well into our current product line and strengthen our position as the market leader for both environ- mental, and fire and safety protec- tion in the offshore and onshore markets where we are anticipating rapid growth within the next few years."
FiberChem, Inc. develops, manu- factures, markets and licenses fiber optic chemical sensors that produce continuous, real-time information on environmental pol- lutants in the air, water and soil.
CSC Wins Eight-Year NOAA
Contract
Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC) has been awarded a contract to operate the Central Satellite Data
Processing Center of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric /Ilew KVH TracVision® Brings
DIRECTV & USSB to Your Boat!
TracVision's simple reliable design ^ is DSS® approved and backed by KVH, one of the •§ most respected names in marine electronics. •§
Now you can enjoy your favorite television shows on your boat
KIYIHI
KVH Industries, Inc. 110 Enterprise Center
E-Mail: [email protected]
Dept. 926 Middletown, Rl ©1995, KVH Industries, Inc. TracVision® is a registered trademark of KVH Industries, Inc. DIRECTV and DSS" are official trademarks of DIRECTV, Inc. a unit of GM Hughes Electronics USSB™ is a trademark of USSB, Inc. 02842 U.S.A. tel: (401) 847-3327 fax: (401) 849-0045
Internet: http://www.kvh.com
November, 1996
Circle 283 on Reader Service Card 49