14 DISC

Indigenisation development of Integrated Bridge System (IBS) along with repair services

This ship is fitted with various navigational equipment like X-band Radar, Gyros, DGPS, EM log, Echo Sounder, ECDIS etc, all this equipment are integrated through IBS system. IBS system (Make: M/s Sperry Marine) which presently runs on ‘Windows –XP’ OS software. Needs timely upgradation of the system software and hardware to the latest version of Operating System. In addition to OS upgradation, the repair and supply of spares are imported from abroad (e.g. CPU, Monitor). Also, the wear and tear of the components and obsolesce of software of IBS system required additional maintenance for improving their performance. Indigenization & improvisation of the existing repair/ updation of software is very important to reduce expenses and save defence expenditure in this area.

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