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New Products & Technology Marine ElectronicsMartek: ?BNWAS Password Protection is Essential? The recent announcement that the grounding of MV Danio on the Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast on March 16 was due to the ship?s Bridge Navigation Watch Alarm Sys- tem (BNWAS) being switched off has been high- lighted by Martek as yet another example of the need for password protection on BNWAS. Martek pointed out that the IMO?s BNWAS performance standards set out in MSC.128(75) state that ?the means of se-lecting the Operational Mode and the duration of the Dormant Period (Td) should be security protected so that access to these controls should be restricted to the Master only.? Most manufacturers include a physical key to lock the system. Unfortunately, this does not address the need for the controls to be restricted to the master only since any crew member is able to remove the key and take the BNWAS out of operational mode. www.martek-marine.com Northrop Grumman Radars for USN Northrop Grumman won a contract by the U.S. Navy to supply three AN/SPQ-9B radar systems for amphibious and Arleigh Burke class ships. Under the $20.4m contract award, Northrop Grumman will supply three AN/SPQ-9B radar systems for delivery in the second quarter of 2015. This con- tract adds to the 53 radar systems the company has already delivered, or is under contract to deliver. Northrop Grumman began low-rate initial produc-tion of the AN/SPQ-9B in 2000 and full-rate pro- duction in 2004. The high-resolution, X-band AN/ SPQ-9B radar system will improve the vessels? abil- ity to defend against small high-speed threats, such as surface-skimming anti-ship missiles, and will be integrated with the ships? Þ re-control systems. www.northropgrumman.com Imtech Debuts SeaPilot 76Imtech Marine intro-duces the new mul-tifunctional SeaPi-lot 76. SeaPilot 76 can be turned into a fully approved com-bined sea and river pilot and can be con-nected to both pro-portional and on/off valves. This makes the modernized Seapilot 76 a good addition to the Sigma-line of Radio Zeeland. The SeaPilot 76 is suitable for the Þ shing industry as well as inland, coastal and deepsea shipping.The Seapilot 76, as well as its predecessor SeaPi-lot75, was developed in close cooperation with Ra-dio Zeeland DMP. The collaboration between Im- tech Marine Netherlands (formerly Radio Holland) and Radio Zeeland DMP started 20 years ago. www.imtech.com/en/marine Emsys Upgraded to Measure Mass Emissions Rates WR Systems, Ltd. (WR) already has Type Approv- al (ABS) for the measure-ment of mass emissions using its laser-based Em- sys Emissions Monitoring System (EMS). The latest upgrade uses in-stack exhaust gas mass ß ow sensors to measure the total output, and unique calculations provide stack emissions rates in kilograms per hour (kg/h) and total mass emissions in kilograms and metric tons (kg/ metric tons) for each measured gas, including CO2. WR said it has received a signi Þ cant number of orders for Emsys emissions mass ß ow systems for new-build contracts in the Far East. WR claims their current order book stretches well into 2015 and is bolstered by many recent contract awards from both domestic and international customers.www.emsysmarine.com Thuraya SatSleeve Transforms iPhone into Satellite PhoneThuraya SatSleeve supports the diverse communications needs of iPhone users. En-suring connectivity through phone calls and SMS via satellite mode, Thuraya Sat- Sleeve brings satellite com-munications to the iPhone. Simply dock the iPhone into the SatSleeve to access sat-ellite connectivity. Available in 12 languages, the Sat-Sleeve App allows users to easily integrate iPhone address books for satellite calls and text messages. An additional feature is that SatSleeve acts as a backup battery for the iPhone. The SatSleeve App is available as a free download from the Apple App Store. www.globalsatellite.us Drilling Rig and Ship SimulatorKongsberg Maritime introduced two new Diesel Electric models for its Engine Room Simulator, K- Sim Engine (previously Neptune). The DE88 Semi- Submersible Drilling Rig model, containing eight Wärtsilä 16V26 engines and eight thrusters, is al-ready available, while the DE66 Drill Ship model, simulating full operation of six MAN 16V32/40 die-sel generators powering six thrusters, will be released in Q1 2014. www.km.kongsberg.com Raytheon Anschütz Launches New Gyro Compass With the new Horizon MF the German navigation system manufacturer Raytheon Anschütz launches a new generation gyro compass which can be operated free of maintenance. Horizon MF is Raytheon Anschütz? new strap down compass system which uses Hemispherical Resonator Gyros (HRG) to measure angular rates for heading calculation. In a strapped-down system angular rate gyros and accelerometers are not gim-balled but mounted stationary in a housing. The sensor measures angular rates and accelerations in three axes. Based on these measurements sophisticated software algorithms compute heading but also roll and pitch. Horizon MF comes as a maintenance-free (MF) sensor with an outstanding lifetime performance, the manufacturer claims. Its Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) value is more than 100,000 hours which is a multiple of the MTBF values of optical but also classical mechanical gyros bringing forth an outstanding long lifetime and long-term stability gyro compass for seagoing vessels. As part of a gyro compass system Horizon MF provides the same advanced functions like heading selection, heading monitoring, automatic switch-over functions, an independent transmitting magnetic compass and individual speed error correction which are well known for Anschütz gyro compasses. Horizon MF is desugbed to seamlessly integrates with the Anschütz Standard 22 gyro compass. Being the inven- tor of the mechanical gyro compass, Raytheon Anschütz is leader for gyro compass technologies. Standard 22 is the world?s most popular gyro compass, sold and installed more than 12,000 times. Horizon MF complements the Raytheon Anschütz gyro compass portfolio.www.raytheon-anschuetz.com www.marinelink.com 85MR #11 (82-89).indd 85MR #11 (82-89).indd 8511/11/2013 1:46:36 PM11/11/2013 1:46:36 PM