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NASSCO And KCS

Announce Product Model

Agreement

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) and Kockums

Computer Systems Inc. (KCS) have announced a cooperative agreement to implement and uti- lize the KCS TRIBON shipbuilding system at the San Diego shipyard.

Previously, NASSCO has imple- mented the TRIBON Hull system on the Sealift New Construction (SLNC) Project.

Under the new agreement,

NASSCO will also employ the TRI-

BON Outfitting system, TRIBON

Initial Design and TRIBON

Vitesse - the new rule-based design system introduced with

TRIBON 4.

According to Dirk Dyktra,

NASSCO director of Detail Design, the addition of TRIBON outfitting systems will enable the shipyard to

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Nautical Software Releases

GPS-C

Nautical Software has released its GPS-Communicator (GPS-C) software program. The new pro- gram is a stand-alone GPS utility designed for Windows95, 3.1 and

NT. GPS-C has three main func- tions: Data management — the

GPS Manager manages waypoint, routes and tracks;

Upload/Download — transfer

Wizard takes users through upload/download processes; and

Real-time data tracking and log- ging — Track Console gives real- time tracking and logging with a flexible instrument panel which reads data.

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Dataworks To Replace

Galbraiths Computers

London-based shipbroker

Galbraiths Ltd. is set to provide 70 network-based PCs. The order was for fully Windows-operational network-based computers to pro- vide for full shipbroking, position- ing, estimating and message han- dling support for the tankers, S&P and dry cargo departments of

Galbraiths. Dataworks will supply the network, train and support the company and its employees as to how it will benefit from PC soft- ware. The system should be up and running as early as January or February 1998.

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