Navico has introduced a new series of radar for workboats and tugs, fishing vessels, high-speed vessels and coastal shipping with a more advanced processor and interface.
Simrad R5000 Series is available in X-band and S-band and with three sizes of antenna. It has a faster processor and new user interface with 24-in and 27-in displays that makes it “easier to operate”, said Navico product line director Mike Fargo at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Germany.
He told Tug Technology & Business that this radar has a “flexible architecture” allowing it to be used with multiple multifunctional workstations and in a multi-radar bridge system.
It has better target detection than previous Simrad radar and a modular system for ease of installation. It is a digital radar that enables information to be communicated around the bridge using Ethernet cables.
Simrad R5000 can be used on vessel newbuilding projects, but Mr Fargo expects there to be more requirements from retrofit projects. “For customers that want to upgrade radar,” he said.
This radar can be used on tugs and other workboats, naval patrol vessels, across fishing fleets and coastal dry cargo ships. It is also available for use on SOLAS ships, such as bulk carriers.
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