Kelvin Hughes and Nucleus3. (Digest).The Royal Navy's new breed of offshore patrol A naval defense patrol operating in the outer areas of navigable coastal waters. It is a part of the naval local defense forces consisting of naval ships and aircraft and operates outside those areas assigned to the inshore patrol. vessels will feature new Kelvin Hughes-supplied Nucleus3 5000 Arpa X- and S-band radar as part of the navigation and communication package integrated with the shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. MES (Manufacturing Execution Software) Software that provides real time access to plant activities that include equipment, labor, orders and inventory. An MES integrates the data with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems so that management has complete control of (Marine Electronic Supplies). The Nucleus3 radar system was launched in 2001 and offers a range of flexible operating modes, with features that include automatic tracking of up to 50 targets and the patented Kelvin Hughes tracker ball (hardware) tracker ball - A pointing device consisting of a ball housed in a socket containing sensors to detect rotation of the ball about two axes - like an upside-down mouse. The user rolls the ball with his thumb or the palm of his hand to move a cursor. and push control. The River class future patrol craft, designed for fishery protection, will cast an 80-metre-long shadow pierside and boast a 20 knot speed. The ships will be leased to the Royal Navy for five years, with Vosper Throny-croft assuming maintenance and support responsibility. |
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