In response to the identified need for automated coastal navigation and piloting as well as collision avoidance for the NATO hydrofoil, Sperry Systems Management under Navy contract has developed the High Speed Ship Collision Avoidance and Navigation System (HICANS). This system is aboard the USS PEGASUS (PHM-1) and has undergone extensive at-sea testing. This paper describes the system capability for coastal navigation and piloting using both digital charts and TV projection of standard paper charts. It also examines the results to date of the accomplished at-sea system testing.
An Integrated Bridge System (IBS) was developed and installed aboard an FF 1052 Class destroyer for the evaluation of its functional performance and reduced manning features. The program was initiated to improve the cost—effectiveness of performing ship control functions by applying integration and automation (including computer technology) to reduce the manpower required to operate the ship's bridge. Features of the latest in navigation and control equipments were designed into the Integrated Bridge System. Functions provided include: communications, weapons and ship safety, navigation and collision avoidance, steering and propulsion control, and data and voice logging. When proven “at—sea,” the system should lead to a significant step forward in ship control for the U.S. Navy. System objectives and functional design have previously been reported. More attention will be given here to video processing of radar signals and the mechanization of computer—generated chart displays.
While significant changes have occurred in many areas of ship design during the past 50 years, surface ship bridges have basically remained the same. An increased awareness by the Navy of the need for reducing the manning required to operate Naval ships has led to a renewed interest in bridge design. This paper will describe the efforts which have gone into the design of an Integrated Bridge which will be built and evaluated on an existing DE‐1052 bridge. This system, which incorporates the latest in modern navigation and control equipment, will allow a significant reduction in the number of bridge watchstanders, and in addition will improve the command and control capabilities of the ship. In particular, the following areas will be discussed: the input from Fleet personnel as to specific bridge control information requirements; the human engineering of the console layout; the adaptation of commercial collision avoidance systems to Navy application; and the use of digitally stored charts for piloting. Other features of the Integrated Bridge which are new to Navy ships will also be described.
The Integrated Bridge System design was derived by consolidating and integrating communications and displays into a centralized work station and automating certain piloting, navigation, collision avoidance, and logging functions. The evaluation, which commenced on USS McCANDLESS (FF—1084) in January 1977, was designed to collect data in four general areas: 1) manning, 2) operational effectiveness, 3) operational suitability of the equipment in a Navy environment, and 4) detailed design features data required for possible follow—on effortsiIn Bridge designs. The “at—sea” evaluation demonstrated that Bridge watch functions can be performed as effectively or more effectively with significantly fewer people.
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