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ENCs from 13 national hydrographic offices, with standing invitations for others to join. Cur- rently comprising more than 950 charts, the ENC database is sold via Primar's global distributor network.

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GD gets $42M for Sub Work

The U.S. Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $42.3 million contract modification for nuclear submarine work. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. The award is a continuation of a contract awarded in May 1999 to provide design, engineering, material and logistics support for the Trident program, the Tri- dent U.K. program, the two operational Seawolf- class submarines, NR-1, and efforts supporting

Los Angeles-class ships. It also supports work at

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bangor, Wash., to backfit older Tridents to accommodate D-5 mis- siles, and D-5 pre-ERP (Extended Refit Periods) work at Kings Bay, Ga.

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NASSCO Awarded Contract

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) received a $5.1 million contract, with options up to $20.2 million, for the six-month extended dry-docking and maintenance availabil- ity of USS Antietam (CG-54), a Ticonderoga- class Aegis guided missile cruiser homeported in

San Diego. This is the second complex refur- bishment of an Aegis guided missile cruiser per- formed by NASSCO and the third installation of the "Smart Ship" systems equipment. Said

Richard Vortmann, President of NASSCO. "We and our fellow companies have invested heavily in developing a comprehensive ship repair infra- structure and can now repair and upgrade all classes of Navy ships, including carriers and sub- marines, homeported in San Diego."

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Kilo Moana Christened

The U.S. Navy christened the newest oceano- graphic research vessel Kilo Moana (AGOR 26) in a ceremony at Atlantic Marine, Inc., Jack- sonville, Fla., in mid-November. Kilo Moana is designed to perform a broad spectrum of oceano- graphic research in coastal and deep ocean areas.

Research ranges from physical, biological and chemical oceanography to environmental investi- gations, ocean surveys, engineering, marine acoustics, marine geology and geophysics. The ship, built by Atlantic Marine, Inc., has an innov- ative Small-Waterplane-Area Twin Hull (SWATH). Kilo Moana is 185 ft. (56.3 m) long, has a breadth of 88 ft. (26.8 ft.), and a displace- ment of 2,542 light tons. The ship will be deliv- ered to the Navy in 2002.

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Maritime Multi Displays

Jakob Hatteland Display offers the 20.1-in. TFT dis- play, type JH 20T03 MIL.

The display is tested for naval applications and are suitable both for multi- function applications such as integrated bridge and combat systems. The flagship of the product range is the new 23.1 in. screen. Utilizing the lat- est technology, this display offers a viewing area suitable for the IMO ARPA 340 mm radar. The

MMD product line is tested according to 1EC945.

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Rolls-Royce Wins Sub Contract

Rolls-Royce won a second service contract from the Ministry of Defense to ensure the safety and power performance of Royal Navy nuclear submarines, in a deal worth more than $500 mil- lion. The company will continue to operate and maintain the Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Estab- lishment site at Dounreay, Scotland.

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KMSS Wins Navy Contract

Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) won the contract to deliver a radar simulator to the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy, worth an estimated $800,000. The contract calls for the supply of a radar simulator that is identical to the actual navigation equipment that will be delivered to the new Norwegian frigates.

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Regulateurs Europa gets Deal

Regulateurs Europa won a contract from

Devonport Management Ltd. to supply a new control and monitoring system for the 436 ft. (133 m) patrol vessel Cascadura, which is owned by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard. The scope of supply includes a new Machinery Control

Room Desk, Viking 22 Propulsion Control Panel,

Wheelhouse Drop-in-Plate and Open Bridge

Plate.

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MedAire Helps Navy Physicians

In a pilot program commencing November 1, 2001, select ship-based U.S. Navy physicians will use MedAire Inc. to gain access to medical spe- cialist at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Cen- ter in Phoenix. Calls will come directly from a naval ship to MedAire's MedLink Emergency

Telemedicine Center inside Good Samaritan, where they will be managed in conjunction with the specialists. While ship communications will primarily be two-way voice, the pilot project may also involve visual transmissions as well.

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