CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - Litton Marine Systems recently supplied radars and other electronics equipment for three former vehicle ferries being converted into cable laying ships for Global Marine Systems Limited.

Each of the ships was fitted with dual interswitched Decca BridgeMaster E 340 X-band and S-band ARPA radars, a BridgeMaster E 250 docking radar, an LMX 406 GPS receiver and twin Sperry Marine SR180 MK1 gyrocompasses with repeaters.

The three ships included two Scandline ro-ro ferries, Kraka and Lodbrog, both built in 1982, and the 1995-built Commodore Ferries ro-ro trailer ferry Island Commodore. The conversions were completed at the North East yards of UK shiprepair group Cammell Laird in late 1999 and early 2000.

Litton Marine Systems Inc. (LMS) is a subsidiary of Litton Industries Inc. LMS was formed from the consolidation of Sperry Marine (Charlottesville, Virginia, USA), Decca Marine (New Malden, UK) and C. Plath (Hamburg, Germany). LMS manufactures and markets products under the Sperry, Decca and C. Plath brand names. With offices in 19 countries and authorized service depots in more than 300 locations worldwide, LMS provides "One Source" for marine navigation, communication and information systems, products and service.

Litton Industries, headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, is a $4.4 billion diversified technology company with over 40,000 employees worldwide. The company is a leader in navigation; guidance and control; electronic warfare; command, control and communications systems; information technology and shipbuilding and overhaul for government and commercial markets worldwide. Litton's Ingalls and Avondale shipyards together make up the largest builder of non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and other customers.