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Monday, June 11, 2007

U.S. Navy Certifies Three Vessels for Paperless Navigation

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usThe U.S. Navy has certified three vessels to navigate without paper charts using Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems-Navy (ECDIS-N) supplied by Northrop Grumman Corporation.

The three vessels "USS Antietam (CG 54), USS Stethem (DDG 63) and USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)" join USS Cape St. George (CG 71), which was the first U.S. Navy ship to be approved for paperless navigation.

The ECDIS-N systems were supplied by Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit under a fleet-wide program to upgrade the Navy's surface ships and submarines with ECDIS-N in support of a Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) directive to institute paperless navigation across the entire fleet.

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