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(www.sitnews.us) Ketchikan, Alaska – New state-of-the-art radar equipment has recently been installed for the Radar Observer course by the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan. Assistant Professor Dale Miller was available Friday to demonstrate the new equipment and gave a brief overview of the Radar Observer course. The course will offer certification and certification renewals for … Continue reading “New State-of-the-Art Radar Equipment Installed”

(www.bangornews.com) CASTINE – Three student crews from Maine Maritime Academy eased their vessels through the waters of New York Harbor Wednesday without ever leaving the college campus. The young officers were operating the three bridges at the new $800,000 navigation and ship handling simulator at the academy, which will help train students to command the … Continue reading “MMA Showcases Ship Handling Simulator”

(www.cbc.ca) ST. JOHN’S, NFLD. – An international team of researchers is tossing the stomachs of volunteers on a simulated ship to better understand motion sickness. There is a fully enclosed, full-scale ship’s bridge inside Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Marine Institute. The simulated ship is mounted on massive hydraulic arms four metres into the air. The … Continue reading “Tummy-turning probes role of senses in motion sickness”

(www.dcmilitary.com) Two different companies, Kongsberg and Computer Science Corporation, are bidding for the Navy’s simulator business. Each has a “full mission bridge simulator” at the Naval Academy, which helped to test and evaluate the two different units. The academy also has six desktop versions of the bridge simulator. “They have a smaller image, but use … Continue reading “Simulators improve navigational skills of mids, officers”

(www.primezone.com) CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., June 25, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has introduced an embedded training system designed to support onboard training for ships equipped with the Sperry Marine integrated bridge system. The Integrated Bridge System Trainer (IBS-T) is an embedded simulator system that runs on the ship’s installed equipment … Continue reading “Northrop Grumman Introduces Embedded Shipboard Trainer for Integrated Bridge Systems”

(www.news.navy.mil) NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (NNS) — “Stand by for ship lines, come left, steer course 005, phoning line is across,” commanded Ensign Scott Parker, the communications officer on board USS Bridge (AOE 10) a supply-class fast combat support ship, homported in Bremerton, Wash. These commands are commonly used by bridge crews during an underway … Continue reading “Bridge Crew Trains from Bridge of Naval Base San Diego Simulator”

(www.mlive.com) The newest campus in Michigan is also the newest attraction along Traverse City’s crowded waterfront. Sandwiched between a Holiday Inn and the shuffleboard courts of the Traverse City Senior Center is the Great Lakes Campus of Northwestern Michigan College. The new $18 million complex is home to the Great Lakes Maritime Academy, a school … Continue reading “Academy, institute take up shore homes”

(via www.news.navy.mil) By Journalist 2nd Class Jason Heavner, Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs SAN DIEGO (NNS) — Projecting power to all parts of the globe requires a team of surface warfare officers (SWO) with proficient skills in seamanship, navigation and ship handling. To satisfy this need, the U.S. Navy has developed … Continue reading “Navy Navigates Toward Revolution in SWO Training”

(via seattle.bizjournals.com) Seamen and their employers are welcoming a new training facility for mariners, complete with a full-scale “bridge simulator,” that will open near Seattle’s waterfront in April. The state-of-the-art simulator will help train seamen and mates to operate large vessels, just as flight simulators help train aircraft pilots. The $1 million device, the only … Continue reading “Advanced simulator will train mariners”