SFPA selects IBS for new vessel

Northrop Grumman has received orders to supply bridge navigation and communication electronics for a new offshore fisheries patrol vessel under construction for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA).

The equipment, to be supplied by Northrop Grumman?s Sperry Marine business unit, will include a complete networked system that ties together all of the ship?s navigation sensors and steering controls into an integrated bridge system (IBS) running on electronic nautical charts. The new 84-metre, 2,181 gt patrol vessel is being built at the Remontowa Shipyard in Poland for delivery in 2007. The ship?s diesel electric variable pitch propulsion system will provide a top speed of 18 knots and an endurance of 30 days on patrol.