ed training for Navigation staff. Hardware and Software The electronic chart is very much with us, from the basic Raster Chart to the highly sophisticated ENC, the later benefiting the military by adding particular value with situational awareness in control and operations rooms. Where the Commercial sector has accepted mandated requirements such as AIS, military users are now realizing that they can have IMO compliant Navigation and also gain military advantage from the AIS messages, a capability that is most prevalent in the homeland security arena. Integrated Bridges It has long been a demand of the commercial sector to make the most efficient use of personnel. This has been most influential in the development and popularity of the Integrated Bridge System (IBS). Those same trends are seen in the military sector as the cost of personnel is being scrutinized. Increasingly, Offshore Systems' customers are seeking integrated solutions in the new build programs while maintaining commonality of user interface with legacy non integrated systems. The threat for the military user is changing rapidly. As a result, bridge and control room users need to make use of the available situational data in a coherent and preferably fused manner. The IBS, building on the
Commercial sector is one step ahead. Military accreditation of software is traditionally reserved for the high end safety or mission critical systems where the cost associated with software written in mandated code, running on independent processors with specific fail safe condi-
tions is accepted. In areas where the operational imperative means the demands are not as great but the financial and safety consequences are huge, the commercial sector, the IMO, is insistent on the accreditation of Navigation software. This trend is being followed
by many of Offshore Systems' military customers who, in nearly all cases require software accredited to IMO standard. In some instances it is going a step further with Navies seeking accreditation for paperless bridges which as well as accredited systems, requires accredit-
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