Trident Win for SES

BAE SYSTEMS, Customer Solutions and Support has contracted SES to provide a replacement Ship Data Simulator and Ship Motion Interface Unit for its Trident Shore Integration Facility at Barrow-in-Furness. The equipment will provide simulation of information, including attitude, speed and heading and distribute it to systems operating together in co-ordinated trial scenarios. It can function in two modes, either controlled from a dedicated external Scenario Generator system or under local control through an MS Windows application as a stand-alone system.

The solution is based upon the SES S3DR-E product family and extends the application of this system, previously used by BAE SYSTEMS in the Brunei Land based Integration Facility and currently in use on the Astute Navigation System Non-Installed Trial Simulation Environment. It includes a Compact PCI architecture and high spec Pentium "M" processor with solid state data storage. Interfacing includes multiple Synchro, Ethernet, RS422 and discrete digital channels to external systems.

The SES solution provides real-time stimulation of the Ships Data Distribution System and is able to deliver coordinated stimulation of all simulated interfaces with sub-millisecond accuracy.

Delivery of the equipment will be phased with completion scheduled for March 2005.

Nigel Rann, CS&S Project Manager commented, "We are pleased to award the contract to SES following a proven track record for this capability on previous projects."