Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit unveiled a new-technology satellite-based ship heading sensor at the Nor-Shipping marine exposition held June 3-6 in Lillestrøm, Norway.

The NAVISTAR satellite compass integrates inputs from embedded sensors and GPS signals to provide a reliable, low-cost geographic-north oriented heading reference.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Litton Marine Systems has been awarded a performance based logistics (PBL) support contract for all AN/BPS-15H navigation radar systems installed in the U.S. Navy's SSN 688-Class submarines.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - The German research ship Meteor was recently refitted with a new suite of C. Plath navigation and ship control electronics supplied by Litton Marine Systems.

The scope of equipment comprises a Navigat 2100 fiber optic gyrocompass and attitude reference system, a Navigat X MK 1 backup gyrocompass, a Navitwin III compass monitor and two Navipilot AD II self-tuning adaptive autopilots, along with repeaters, indicators, interfaces and cabling.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has supplied the navigation and communication systems for Royal Caribbean’s newest passenger cruise ship, Liberty of the Seas, which made its debut in May.

The advanced state-of-the-art integrated bridge system (IBS) was installed by Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit. Sperry Marine also supplied the bridge electronics for all of Royal Caribbean’s cruise ships, including Liberty’s sister ship, Freedom of the Seas, which entered service last year.