Integrated Bridge Systems

Maximising Navigational
Safety and Efficiency
Integrated Bridge Systems

Maximise your situational awareness with

the greatest convenience
Full integration of (chart) radar, ECDIS, conning
information display, machinery control alarm system.

When you need to maximise your Key benefits Easy operation and quick decision-making
shipboard efficiency and safety,
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s The Integrated Bridge System provides
An uncomplicated display presentation
Integrated Bridge System is the many important benefits, including:
simplifies and streamlines navigational
ultimate solution. Our intuitive system
provides excellent performance
• Improved safety tasks. It is designed for easy operation
to allow maximum time for observation
and reliable navigation in extreme • Greater convenience and decision-making.
conditions, by bringing together
data from all on-board systems and
• Total flexibility
Common responsibilities such as safe
navigation sensors. • Increased efficiency navigation, route planning, navigational

Open design architecture

• Full support status monitoring, log-keeping, alarm
awareness and day-to-day chart
• Type-approved performance management are made easy through
Using modular, open design common workstation layouts via
architecture, any combination of
Improved Safety harmonised menu structures.
VisionMaster FT navigational
equipment can be integrated to provide When safety is your priority, you can
an efficient bridge design for any depend on the IBS function of total Greater Convenience
vessel. The modular system fully network sensor integration to deliver
Our integrated bridge consoles offer
integrates third party equipment to enhanced situational awareness.
the ultimate in ergonomic design for
enhance and maximise the feature set
ease of operation and maintenance,
of the VisionMaster FT IBS. Reliable sensors support the core
with the multi-function workstation
navigation system with all relevant
TotalWatch using widescreen, high-
Expert installing and commissioning data, which is distributed and
resolution monitors for greater visibility
monitored by a fully redundant data
and situational awareness.
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine is a and alarm management system.
world-leader in providing integrated
bridge systems for commercial
vessels, with a solid foundation of
expertise in installing and
commissioning systems for both new
vessels and retrofit projects

Integrated Bridge System on board the Allure of the Seas

Each workstation can be configured to Increased Efficiency We help every step on the way
show images for the ship’s radars,
electronic chart systems, conning We have designed the Integrated
Our service begins with the design and
information, closed-circuit TV images, Bridge System to improve the
supply of products in the VisionMaster
chart radar, and central alarm operational efficiency of all your
FT range, some of which you may
management. navigation requirements. The
already have. We can help you select
multifunction workstation ensures that
any other products you need, and will
Based on open design architecture, our any function is available easily and
then work closely with you to design
man/machine interface (MMI) provides conveniently.
and prepare your own Integrated
comprehensive machinery, control and Bridge System, combining the
propulsion information. The modular The IBS shares the same intuitive user
functions of our own navigational
console design and uniform PC interface as the VMFT range, having
equipment and that of other
platform structure of the VisionMaster the same panel layout and menu
manufacturers.
FT translates to complete control in structure. Route plans, mariners’ notes,
IBS design for the customer. charts, radar video and vector
High quality drawings, installation,
presentation are shared between the
commissioning and ship’s acceptance
Reduce workloads with ease of operation systems, ensuring consistency of
information throughout the bridge
We will work with you to prepare initial
Reliability is further enhanced through system. The uniform presentation of
shipyard drawings for the planning and
flat menu structures to ensure that the menus and on-screen targets
system integration and will follow this
mariners has access to all vital enhances safe and efficient operation.
with every aspect of design, up to
navigation information. This provides installation and commissioning, and
reduced workloads for watch keepers
Full Support final ship’s acceptance. We will provide
and allows them significant freedom to a single point of procurement, to help
move about the bridge, confident that We recognise that the integration of a make the process as convenient and
all necessary information is easily range of products into a fully transparent as possible. We can also
available in a variety of selected functioning system requires offer whatever training you may
displays and locations. comprehensive support and project require.
management.

Total Flexibility
Based on our successful range of
VisionMaster FT products, the
Full life-cycle support
Integrated Bridge System is designed
for all types of vessel, from tugs, oil
tankers to containers and cruise ships. • Consultation • Logistics • Acceptance testing
The system is also fully adaptable to • Project • Console design • Crew training
meet the specific needs of all management
sea-going vessels and the particular • Installation • After-sales service
requirements of customers. • Design and supply supervision
• Extended Warranty
of VMFT products
• Sea trials
• Systems • Commissioning
engineering
When you purchase an Integrated Bridge System from Northrop
Grumman Sperry Marine, you are not simply buying a product. You
are acquiring a tailor-made system designed to meet your specific
requirements

Type-Approved Performance
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s VisionMaster-based Integrated
Bridge Systems are all IMO compliant, meeting the certification
requirements of all major international organisations, standards and
notations, and satisfying all customers’ specific carriage-, class-
and flag state requirements.

24/7 Support
After your system is installed, as with all Northrop Grumman Sperry
Marine systems and products, it will be supported by one of the
world’s most extensive worldwide service networks, with help
available around the clock, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Our
global service network provides prompt shipboard maintenance and
repair services in every major seaport in the world.

We also offer comprehensive maintenance contracts, as well as

support for all products for at least ten years after any is
discontinued, so providing continuing peace of mind to all our
customers.
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine‘s Integrated Bridge System

For more information, or to discuss your particular requirements, please contact:

AMERICAS ASIA CANADA EUROPE

New Orleans, LA USA China, Shanghai Nova Scotia, Halifax Belgium, Antwerp
Tel: +1-504-328-9171 Tel: +86-21-5179-0199 Tel: +1-902-468-9479 Tel:+32 (0)3233-1433
Hong Kong, Sheung Wan British Columbia, Vancouver Denmark, Copenhagen
Tel: +852-2581-9122 Tel: +1-604-821-2090 Tel: +45 (0)77-33-6633
Japan, Tokyo Germany, Hamburg
Tel: +81 (03)-3863-7401 Tel: +49 (0)40-299-000
Singapore The Netherlands, Vlaardingen
Tel: +65-6274-3332 Tel: +31 (0)10-445-1600
South Korea, Busan Norway, Bergen
Tel: +82-51-247-7455 Tel: +47 (0)55-94-9494
United Kingdom, London
Tel: +44 (0)20-8329-2000

www.sperrymarine.com
A division of the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Sperry Marine provides a range of sophisticated navigation solutions for mariners
around the world: autopilot and steering control systems, compass systems, integrated navigation and bridge systems, integrated
platform management systems, speedlogs, navigation radar and ECDIS. Working with mariners around the globe for over 100 years.

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