Northrop Grumman Supplies Integrated Bridge System for New Trinity House Rapid Intervention Vessel
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 28, 2006 - The new Trinity House rapid intervention vessel Alert, which entered service last month, has been equipped with an integrated bridge system supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC).
Alert was built at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, and is the first of its type to be deployed by Trinity House. Based out of Harwich, the ship's primary mission will be to deploy rapidly to the Dover Strait or other locations on England's southeast coast to establish a protective zone around any new shipwreck or other hazard to navigation. In addition, the ship will also be used for a wide range of hydrographic surveying and maintenance of aids to navigation.
Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit supplied the complete suite of navigation and communication equipment for the new ship. The fully integrated navigation system includes radars, electronic chart display and information system, autopilot, dual-axis speed log, dual fiber-optic gyros, magnetic compass, echosounder, automatic identification system, differential GPS and voyage data recorder. Due to the confined space available on the bridge, a number of the displays have multifunction capability. The system runs on Sperry Marine's proprietary Voyage Management System software. The communication equipment includes satellite and radio systems meeting the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System carriage requirements, as well as an Iridium satellite terminal.
Sperry Marine is also supplying similar bridge systems for two new multifunction tenders being built at the same shipyard for the General Lighthouse Authority fleet for delivery in 2007 and 2008.
Sperry Marine, headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., and with major engineering and support offices in New Malden, United Kingdom and Hamburg, Germany, provides smart navigation and ship control solutions for the international marine industry with customer service and support through offices in 16 countries, sales representatives in 47 countries and authorized service depots in more than 250 locations worldwide.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology. With more than 120,000 employees and operations in all 50 states and 25 countries, Northrop Grumman serves U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers.
For commercial sales inquiries, contact Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine by phone, +1 (434) 974-2656 or by e-mail, sales_commercial@sperry.ngc.com. For military sales inquiries, call +1 (434) 974-2134 or e-mail sales_military@sperry.ngc.com. Visit our Web site at www.sperrymarine.northropgrumman.com.
CONTACT: Jim Rhodes
+1 (757) 451-0602
jrhodes@rhodescomm.com
Tom Delaney
+1 (410) 993-6454
Thomas.delaney@ngc.com
