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TECHNOLOGY: RIBS & PATROL CRAFT

Image: Kongsberg

Getting ‘Up to Speed’

Fast craft simulator training crew for operations where split-second decision-making on board high-speed vessels can be the difference between life or death ew would argue that the most become such an irreplaceable training Sim Fast Craft tactical boat handling and system, the simulators form the central effective way to learn anything aid for maritime applications. ? ring simulators to the SPCG by 2020. part of a facility which will also include is to literally keep practicing the Some disciplines are more demanding The contract also includes installa- two Instructor Operator Stations and two

F process until it becomes second than others and come with a commen- tion, project management, commission- brie? ng/debrie? ng rooms. Additionally, nature. In the real world, however, this surately high price to pay if mistakes ing, testing and a 10-year maintenance the simulators are equipped with capa- principle is often accompanied by a lit- are made; and in this kind of setting agreement written, with such a commit- bilities replicating weapons of various any of practical, logistical and ? nancial above all, simulator-based training of- ment showing how seriously the SPCG types, thereby enabling trainees to un- dif? culties if training is to be carried out fers inestimable value. Such a setting is takes the business of ensuring its boat dergo viscerally authentic, in-depth tac- in situ, as it should be for maximum ben- represented by Singapore Coast Guard crews are as familiar as possible with tical training.

e? t. Additionally, rote learning doesn’t (SPCG) operations, and this has led to a their working environment, duties and “Our K-Sim Fast Craft simulator always take into consideration the fact record-breaking deal announced in Oc- the challenges they meet in daily active builds changeable, volatile conditions that circumstance has a habit of pitching tober 2018 between Kongsberg Digital service on a continuous basis. Mounted into its functionality as a means of hon- curveballs; and these reasons help to il- (KDI) and the Singapore Ministry of on motion platforms and providing a ing trainees’ alertness and mission-read- lustrate why simulation technology has Home Affairs, for delivery of four K- cylindrical, low-radius visual projection iness, over and above the core schooling 48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • APRIL 2019

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