Synapsis INS for new car carriers
The German navigation system integrator Raytheon Anschütz has won a contract to supply the latest generation of IMO-certified Integrated Navigation Systems (INS) to three car carriers built by the Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik Brodogradiliste.
Raytheon Anschütz will supply Integrated Navigation from the Synapsis Intelligent Bridge Control series in accordance with IMO's new INS Performance and Test Standards as specified in MSC.252(83) and IEC 61924-2.
The Integrated Navigation System will feature four Synapsis NX Multifunctional Workstations for Chart Radar, ECDIS and Conning, as well as the new generation of Nautoscan NX radar transceivers. Another ECDIS will be supplied as dedicated route planning station. The scope is extended with the adaptive NP 5000 autopilot system, a double Standard 22 gyro compass system, and the full package of navigation sensors, as well as with the complete GMDSS A3 radio communication system.
The INS provides full integration of sensor data and other information such as AIS, NAVTEX, charts, radar, and alarms. Depending on their prevalent nautical task, the crew has available all needed information at a glance, benefits from immediate situation awareness and can take over control from any bridge workplace with a single action only. With standard features such as a common data backbone, a consistent common reference system (CCRS), an enhanced central target management, an intelligent central alert management, a system-wide health monitoring, or an advanced user setting management the INS further contributes to simplicity, efficiency and safety in bridge operations.
Raytheon Anschütz has contracted more than 100 Synapsis INS and was the first company who delivered INS in compliance with IMO's Performance Standards. The latest Synapsis NX generation is based on ultra-compact and powerful Small Marine Computers which serve as the standard hardware platform for all bridge applications. Together with an innovative software framework as part of each workstation this offers highest flexibility to adapt the Integrated Navigation System to a variety of ship types and owner requirements.
Raytheon Anschütz GmbH is a subsidiary of the Raytheon Company and a leading integrator of maritime systems such as bridge and navigation systems for all kinds of commercial vessels and naval ships, or maritime and coastal surveillance systems. More than 35,000 vessels worldwide are equipped with Raytheon Anschütz navigation systems, backed with a global network of owned subsidiaries and regional offices, e.g. in Shanghai, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Panama, San Diego, and Portsmouth / UK, as well as with a network of specialized service stations around the world.
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23 billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and cybersecurity markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing, effects, and command, control communications and intelligence systems, as well as cybersecurity and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @Raytheon.
This article was originally published on Marine & Industrial Report newspaper Vol 37 No.3 Issue last June 30,2015.
