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Warship Electronic Chart Display and Information System (WECDIS) Unprecedented Situational Awareness

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Warship Electronic

Chart Display and Information

System (WECDIS)

Unprecedented Situational Awareness

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• MovingHavens-Enablesthedisplayandmanagementofmovinghavensforwa-terspacemanagementanddeconfliction

• 4WGrid-Allowstheoperatortodisplaystandard4Wgridinauserdefinedposition,sizeandorientation

• ContactTracking-Displaysuserdefinedcontactsandal-locatesID,coursespeedandwarningrangesthuscreat-ingacompilationofsurfacepicture/generalopsplotonthenavigationsystem.ContactsrenderedperMIL-STD-2525B.Canalsoprovideinnerandouterproximityalarmsforuseinhelicopteroperations

• LinkedObjectEditor&SavedTemplates-Allowstheusertocreatepersonalchartcorrectionsorhydrographicnotesfromatemplateandtolinktoownplatformandothertargets

Increased Navigation Safety

• Search&RescuePatterns-AllowstheoperatortodisplaystandardsearchandrescuepatternsonanominatedpositiontobeusedforSARops

• OtherShipRoutes-Allowsothershipsroutestobedisplayedaswellasownorallowsotherplanstobeimportedforownshipuse

• ComprehensiveUserDefinedGrids-Theoperatorcandefineanddisplayatacticalgridforspecificmissionrequirements

• WeaponArcs-Operator-definedsafetyarcsfor

Experience CountsNorthropGrummanSperryMarine(NGSM)hasbeenattheforefrontofElectronicChartDis-playIntegratedSystem(ECDIS)developmentforover20years.Morethan2,500merchantandnavalshipsrelyonourIntegratedBridgeSystems(IBS)withad-vancedElectronicChartDisplayandInformationSystemtechnol-ogy.Oursoftwareiscertifiedasthestandardelectronicnaviga-tionsolutionformorethan50naviesworldwide.Technology MattersNGSM’sWarshipElectronicChartDisplayandInformationSystem(WECDIS)isdesignedtosupporttheoperationalrequirementsofthemodernnavy.BasedonoursuccessfulcommercialECDIS,theWECDISgreatlyreducesnavigatorworkloadandin-creasestacticalandsituationalawarenessfortheship’screwonshipsengagedinbluewaterandlittoraltheatresofoperation.Themulti-nodenetworkarchitectureprovidesseamlessintegrationofallwatchmodeswithcommon

HumanMachineInterfaces.Thesystemsupportsallphasesofmaritimenavigation,includingrouteplanningandmonitoring,piloting,collisionavoidance,conninginformationandothermodes.Compliance with International Standards

• NATOSTANAG4564(WEC-DIS)*

• NATOSTANAG7170(Addi-tionalMilitaryLayers)

• SupportBR45AdmiralityManualofNavigation

• TypeapprovedtoIEC62388,IEC61174(ECDIS)andIEC62288performancestan-dards

Optimised Situational Awareness

• PolarStereoGraphic-Inad-ditiontothetraditionalchartviewtheoperatorcanalsodisplayatopdownviewoftheglobe.

Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) Aircraft Carrier. Photo courtesy of Aircraft Carrier Alliance.

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4W Grids

Tide Data-Countdown Marks

Operator Contact Moving Havens

Expanding box SAR

Clearing BearingsMoving Havens

weaponry.Allowsdisplayofsplashpointsandricochetdangersformediumandlargecaliberweapons

• AdditionalMilitaryLayers(AMLs)-Enablesthepresentationofmilitaryinformationsuchastacticalandexerciseoperatingareas

• CountdownMarks-Distancestocoursealterationscanbemarkedoneachlegupto1nmbeforethealterationpointinvariableintervals

• Advance&Transfer-Enablestheoperatortoapplyshipspecificturningdatatodeterminethewheeloverpositionforcoursealterations

• ClearingBearing-Allowstheconstructionofvisualbearingsarounddangersatanappropriatedistancesothattheycanbemonitoredvisually,alarmingifthesafetylimitsareexceeded

Enhanced Features

• EnhancedLinesofPosition-Allowforconfirmationoftheship’spositionusingoperatordefinedpositionlines/fixes,includingvisualbearings,transits,horizontalandverticalsextantangles,depthcontours,soundingsandranges

• AdditionalCoordinateSystems-CanuseanumberofdifferentgeodeticdatumsforreferencingincludingWGS84orWGS72andMilitaryGridorGeoRef

Easy, Intuitive Operation

• TheNGSMWECDISuser

interfaceisdesignedtoseamlesslyfacilitatetheswitchoverfrompaperchartstoelectronicnavigation

• Commonuserinterfaceamongallwatchmodes-radar,chartradar,ECDIS,conninginformationandmachineryautomation

• Highlyintegratedsolutionwithmulti-functionworkstationcombiningalloperatingmodes

• Workswithawiderangeofrasterandvectorelectronicchartformats,withfastchartloading

• Chartportfoliomanagementandvoyageplanningcapabilities

• Directtargettrackingwithradaroverlayoption

• AdvancedtargetcorrelationwithAISandradartargetinputs

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• Split-screenwithvariablechartscalesandwindow-insetdisplaynodes

• Centralalarmmanagement

• Built-inmulti-levelhelpanddocumentation

24/7 Global Support

AllNorthropGrummanSperryMarineproductsandsystemsaresupportedbytheindustry’smostextensiveworldwideservicenetwork,withtechnicalsupportandserviceavailableineverymajorseaportintheworld,24hoursaday,365daysayear.

Training and Service Support

NorthropGrummanSperryMarineoffersextensive,proventrainingforWECDISoperationandmaintenance,includingclassroomandsimulatorinstructionattrainingcentersinGermany.

Mobileclassroomsandinteractivecoursewareareamongthemanyindustryleadingaidstotrainingthatensureuserandmaintainercustomersarefullyproficientandconfidentinalloperationalandmaintenancetasks.Allcoursesaretaughtbyfullyexperiencedprofessionalnavigatorsandcertifiedinstructors,andthecurriculumisaccreditedtoIMOSTCW-95ECDISrequirements.

*Substantiallycompliantwiththeexceptionofcertainsubsurfacenavigationfeatures:detailsavailableonrequest.

Formoreinformation,pleasecontact:

SALESTel:[email protected]

24-HOURSERVICETel:+31104451630Fax:[email protected]

A Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine Technician works on the VisionMaster FT.

www.northropgrumman.comSpecifications and features subject to change without notice.©2013NorthropGrummanSystemsCorporationAllrightsreserved.

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