Raytheon's Integrated Bridge Systems

Raytheon Anschütz Integrated Bridge Systems offer core functions such as radar, chart radar, ECDIS, heading sensors and steering control, all being part of an integrated solution from one single manufacturer. The benefit is advanced functionality, which leads directly to more efficiency in watch keeping and thus to increased operational safety at sea. Developed as an entire system, the core components follow the same user interface and provide a standardized data management as well as central navigation alert handling. Full Multifunctional Systems are available to combine radar, chart radar, ECDIS and conning at any dedicated workstation. The benefit is maximum flexibility for navigation data access on the bridge. With a customer-specific projected IBS and a dedicated service support through the lifetime of equipment customer can optimize their operation at sea while keeping a focus on smallest lifecycle costs.

Raytheon's Integrated Bridge Systems are designed for: 

• Improved precision, performance and efficiency
• Full navigational data access at any workstation
• Maximum safety with respect to collision avoidance and anti-grounding
• Centralised alarm handling and monitoring
• Common operation philosophy with respect to ergonomical system design
• Additional constructed Ethernet bus system
• Optimized system functionality, e.g.  integrated autopilot operation in radar and ECDIS, track monitoring and overlay of radar, ECDIS and AIS representations
• Standardized interfaces and reduced costs of wiring
• Worldwide service and maximum spare parts availability
• Reduced operation cost