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VisionMaster FT Radar

VisionMaster FT Radar

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Overview
Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine's VisionMaster FT Radar (VMFT Radar) is designed to enhance marine navigation with advanced technology, offering ship owners and operators innovative tools to navigate safely under all conditions. The radar system is built with the latest Intel technology, ensuring easy upgrades and built-in redundancy to meet evolving navigation requirements.

Features & Benefits
The VMFT Radar boasts a user-friendly interface with advanced features for safe and simple operation. Key features include:

Advanced Clutter Suppression: Automatically identifies small, weak targets amidst sea or rain clutter without manual adjustments.
Target Acquisition: Automatically acquires and tracks targets at speeds up to 150 knots, freeing watch keepers for other tasks.
AIS Targets: Displays AIS reports and supports various AIS functionalities including safety messaging.
Interswitching: Allows up to six transceivers to interface with six displays, enhancing operational flexibility.
Compatibility: Easily retrofitted with BridgeMaster E products, reducing retrofit costs and time.
Dual-Channel Option: Displays data from two transceivers on one screen, eliminating blind spots (not available in the 250 desktop configuration).
Personalisation: Allows watch officers to save and transfer personalized settings for efficiency and safety.

Conning Information Display (CID)
The VMFT Radar uniquely offers a CID Tab, displaying key readouts for efficient vessel monitoring. It can be customized per ship or personal preference, grouping sensor data into sub-tabs for easy access.

Upgradability
The radar is configurable to meet specific requirements over time, with options for upgrades to chart radar, ECDIS, and TotalWatch workstations. Additional capabilities include automatic chart downloads, integrated weather routing, and remote diagnostics.

Configurations
The VMFT Radar is available in various configurations to suit different vessel types and operational needs, including:

VisionMaster FT 340: Deck standing, desktop, and kit format with a 25.5” widescreen.
VisionMaster FT 250: Integrated tabletop and kit format, compact and easy to install.

Type Approved Performance
The VMFT Radar exceeds current performance standards for marine radar systems and complies with international standards such as IEC 62388, IEC 60945, IEC 62288, and IEC 61162-1/2.

Supportability
Sperry Marine provides extensive global service support, ensuring prompt maintenance and repair services worldwide, minimizing equipment downtime.

Technical Specifications
Key specifications include:

Display sizes: 250 or 340mm PPI
Processor types: Single Channel (CAT 1 & CAT 2), Dual Channel
Antenna sizes: X-Band (4’, 6’, 8’), S-Band (12’)
Transceiver Power: X-Band (10kW or 25kW), S-Band (30kW)
Rotation Speed: Standard or High
MMI: Trackerball Control Panel
Power: AC only, various supply options for S-Band motor

Catalog excerpts

Sperry Marine NORTHROP GRUMMAN Safe Navigation

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Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s VisionMaster FT Radar (VMFT Radar) provides ship owners and operators with innovative marine navigation tools to meet the challenges faced in today’s maritime environment. Designed using the latest Intel technology, the VMFT Radar offers easy upgrades and built-in redundancy to meet the emerging requirements for shipboard navigation. FEATURES & BENEFITS The VMFT Radar is designed with the latest technology and is everything you expect from a world class radar system. The user-friendly interface has a full range of advanced features, providing the user with safe...

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engineering, propulsion, voyage plan status, primary navigation, and maneuvering. UPGRADABILITY The VMFT Radar is configurable to meet ship owner’s specific requirements over time. With a simple built-in upgrade path, it can be quickly upgraded to chart radar and ECDIS or a complete TotalWatch multi-function workstation. Optional capabilities upgrades include automatic chart downloads. Integrated weather routing and remote diagnostics capabilities are also available. • Full support for multiple CCTV connections • 3D vision sonar terrain • Fixed and moving test targets for training party application...

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS The VMFT Radar, like all Sperry Marine systems and products, is supported by the world’s most extensive worldwide service network. Sperry Marine’s global service network provides prompt shipboard maintenance and repair services in every major seaport in the world – 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, minimizing equipment downtime and in-port turnaround times. • Display size: • Display 250 or 340mm PPI Deck Standing 340, Desktop 340, Kit Format 340 Deckstand 250, Kit Format 250, Integrated Tabletop • Processor types: —— Single —— Aloft Transceiver (UPMAST) —— Below Transceiver...

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