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Lockheed Martin System Improves Navy Ship Survivability

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Ammonia Ship Gets New ^Management

Unocal's Rivergate Terminal said that management of its ammonia ship, SS Cornucopia, will be transferred to Keystone

Shipping Co. of Bala Cynwyd, Pa.

Previously, the SS Cornucopia was managed by West Coast

Shipping (ViTGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Uriion Oil Company of California.

The transfer took place because

Unocal completed the sale of its

West Coast refining, marketing and transportation assets to Tosco

Corporation on March 31.

Because of the sale, WCS will no longer be available for ship man- agempht. "Keystone is a highly experi- enced ship management company with over 78 years in the busi- ness," said Jay Yost, general manager of Unocal's Marketing &

Distribution department. "We're pleased to be working with them and confident that they share our strong commitment to ensuring the safety of our employees and the community at all times."

WCS, Unocal, Keystone and the

U.S. Coast Guard worked closely to ensure a safe and smooth tran- sition. Athoiew crew members were to undergo additional spe- cialized training after the ship is formally transferred to Keystone.

The replacement crew will consist of a combination of personnel remaining with the ship and expe- rienced personnel from Keystone who have been certified by the

U.S. Coast Guard.

Next-generation information system uses off-the-shelf products to keep costs down

Lockheed Martin Information

Systems has delivered, to Bath

Iron Works, the initial DDG 51

Flight IIA Machinery Control

System, which is designed to sig- nificantly improve a ships' surviv- ability.

Designed for the Aegis-class destroyer, the system provides visual and computer data informa- tion regarding critical operating functions to a central command center, guiding decision making in a crisis situation. The computer- based environment uses U.S. Navy standardized workstations and damage control software that can be used across the U.S. fleet. The

Aegis class destroyer, DDG 79, scheduled for launch in Septembe: 1998, will be the first U.& Na^ ship to operate With this sj«te: "Our new Machinery Control

System relies uponthe insertion o: commercial off-the-shelf products into a ruggecji^ed military hard-

WMjp-^vi^ams^^Mgj^ John dial,} RflffckheeJ Martin

I&£o&fl0ratio»«^ystemi president. "A commercial-product design that uses sound engineering practices provides a more cost-effective development and maintenance approach to military systems."

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