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Embedded Shipboard

Trainer for IBS

Northrop Grumman Corporation's

Sperry Marine introduced an embedded training system designed to support onboard training for ships equipped with the Sperry Marine integrated bridge sys- tem. The Integrated Bridge System

Trainer (IBS-T) is an embedded simula- tor system that runs on the ship's installed equipment to provide realistic training for the ship's navigators and bridge watch team in all aspects of nav- igation. seamanship and ship handling, as well as navigation planning, watch briefings for port entries and departures and other planned piloting evolutions.

Sperry Marine developed it in conjunc- tion with Computer Sciences

Corporation and Buffalo Computer

Graphics.

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New Gyrocompass

Offered

Sperry Marine introduced its new- generation Navigat

X MK 2 digital gyrocompass sys- tem, designed to be a compact, one-unit design that runs on a 24-volt power supply with two inde- pendent DC inputs. It provides five seri- al data outputs and one six-steps/degree output, and can drive up to four ana- logue repeaters. Based on the Sperry

Marine NAVIGAT X MK 1 design, the new gyrocompass provides better than 40,000 hours mean time between fail- ures. The system remains north-stabi- lized for up to three minutes in the event of a power interruption. The introduc- tion of this new gyrocompass completes the Sperry Marine range of heading sen- sors.

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Carmanah Debuts Light

Carmanah

Technologies intro- duced what it is calling the world's first completely unitized, GPS-syn- chronized marine light - a three nauti- cal mile navigation light that coordinates with GPS time sig- nals to allow any number of units installed anywhere in the world to flash in perfect unison. Carmanah's new

Model 701-GPS and 702-GPS marine lights use GPS satellite signals as a tim- ing tool.

Built-in GPS receivers in Carmanah's lights require only one satellite signal to

July 2004 precisely synchronize the beginning of each flash sequence to this time code, thereby perfectly matching the timing of any other GPS-synchronized light.

Multiple lights outlining features such as port entrances, channels and naviga- tional hazards are easier to follow and to distinguish amidst background lighting when they flash together.

Originally designed and built under contract with the U.S. Coast Guard and meeting the standards of the

International Association of Lighthouse

Authorities (IALA). the 700 Series are reportedly the first solar-powered lanterns using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) approved for use in the U.S.

Navigational Aid System.

Self-contained, waterproof and com- pact. the 700 Series are designed to be the next-generation replacement for tra- ditional 155 mm 0.25 amp/0.5 amp nav- igation lights.

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