Md Facility News

Edgewood, Md. - Smiths Detection today named Sal Cipres as Head of Global Programs, which oversees all Smiths Detection program efforts for transportation, military, ports and borders, emergency response and critical infrastructure markets worldwide. Cipres will lead the development of proposal strategies and the delivery of products and systems to major government customers within cost, schedule and technical performance parameters. He is the former General Manager of Smith Detection’s Edgewood, Md., facility and Director of Global Chemical and Biological Programs. “Sal’s appointment reinforces Smiths Detection’s continued role as a global leader in security technology, detection systems and services,” said Mal Maginnis, President, Smiths Detection.

Furuno USA, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar U.S. Coast Guard contract. The contract is for the replacement of up to 200 aging Radars on the USCG Cutter Fleet. The Cutter Fleet consists of a variety of vessels including, 87-ft Coastal Patrol Boats, 140-ft Ice Breaking Tugs, 160-ft Inland Buoy Tenders, 225-ft Seagoing Buoy Tenders and 399-ft Nuclear Icebreakers. Each of these vessels will receive replacement IMO Radars that consist of single or multiple Black Box Radar processors, a 6.5-ft open array antenna and single or multiple displays. These high-tech Radars have an output power of 25kW, which allows them to see a distance of up to 96 nautical miles.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled its testing and risk reduction approach for its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) offer to the U.S. Navy. cycle costs. BAMS will supply the U.S. identify maritime targets. 90% of the Navy's objective requirements. system. Johnson, vice president of the BAMS program for Northrop Grumman. BAMS system. Beck, BAMS Head Start program manager. technology evolves. exploits that data in the same way as BAMS sensor data will be used. operational scenarios. by Northrop Grumman for the BAMS program.