NACOS PLATINUM SYSTEMS FOR NEW AIDA CRUISELINERS

摘要

Two new 71,000-gt cruiseliners under construction at Meyer Werft's Papenburg yard, Germany, for delivery to Aida Cruises in 2011 and 2012 are to be equipped with SAM Electronics' new-generation NACOS Platinum integrated navigation automation and control systems. Featuring networked architecture to provide high levels of functionality, each of the systems will comprise five X and S-band radars linked to a similar number of Multipilots together with radar-controlled Trackpilots and Ecdispilots, conning displays and an automatic steering control facility. Supplementary navaids such as DGPS, doppler logs, gyros, echosounders and wind sensors will be linked via networked architecture to the Multipilots, as will bridge navigation watch alarm systems in accordance with new IMO requirements.