Heading Management System for Ships

5/8/2006

Top to Bottom Overhaul for the Crystal Harmony

Heading Management System for Ships

Northrop Grumman’s sperry marine business unit has introduced a new heading management system for ships. The NAVITWIN IV Heading Management System monitors and controls all heading sources of a multi-compass heading reference system to provide increased safety and efficiency in marine navigation. This new system, that replaces Sperry Marine’s NAVITWIN III compass monitor, has been type-approved to European Council Directive 96/98/EC by the German certification authority Bundesamt für Seeschiffahrt & Hydrographie.

The system continuously monitors and displays the data from up to three true heading sources and one magnetic compass on a bright, color, high-resolution LCD display. It monitors the difference between any two of the displayed headings and actuates an audible and visible alarm if the difference between the two exceeds a preset threshold. NAVITWIN IV also provides automatic correction of magnetic deviation and variation.

About the Company

Article Kewords/Phrases:

Northrop Grumman, Sperry Marine, management system for ships, NAVITWIN IV, Heading Management System, heading sources, multi-compass heading reference system, increased safety, marine navigation, magnetic deviation, magnetic variation, , marine management system, management system, marine navigation, increased safety, magnetic compass, northrop grumman, wwwmarinetalkcom, high resolution, marine business, certification, marinetalkcom, seeschiffahrt, sperry marine, type approved, continuously, hydrographie, lcd display, continuous, correction, e business, efficiency, introduced, marinetalk, navigation, resolution, authority, bundesamt, deviation, directive, displayed, increased, introduce, reference, threshold, variation, e bus

MarineTalk | About MarineTalk | Buyers Guide | Infodesk | Site Map
Discussion Forums | Advisory Board | FAQ | Submit Company Listing | Edit Company Listing
A list of all News and Technology Articles
Buyer's Guide Companies

MarineTalk
MarineTalk a Division of Scientia Technologies Corporation

E-mail:

Copyright © 1998 - 2008 Scientia Technologies Corporation
All rights reserved.
The reproduction, retrieval, copying or transmission of this Web site content,
in whole or in part, is not permitted without the express permission of MarineTalk .