Offshore Systems - Government Customer

Royal Australian Navy
Project Profile: SEA 1430 Phase 2A Navigation Display System

HMAS Anzac

ECPINS® is part of the RAN’s SEA 1430 Phase 2A Navigation Display System. Offshore Systems managed the project from start to finish including various aspects ranging from Defence Enterprise-Wide Software License to system hardware to engineering services.

Hardware included ECPINS system shipsets, surface ship MIL-SPEC equipment racks and submarine MIL-SPEC equipment racks. Engineering services included systems integration, software development, hardware design, safety case, platform installation data pack, environmental testing including shock, vibration, EMC, EMI and quality management.

Installation services ranged from Set-To-Work and Harbour-Acceptance-Trial to Sea-Acceptance-Trial. Finally, Integrated Logistics Support included operations documentation, maintenance documentation, training documentation and help desk support. The mandate of the SEA 1430 Project is to provide the Navigation Display System to shore facilities as well as the commissioned fleet of ships.

Shore facilities include eight surface fleet navigation training facilities, a submarine fleet navigation training facility and one system maintenance training facility.

ECPINS will also be installed on numerous ships including:

• 6 Collins Class Submarines
• 6 Coastal Minehunters
• 12 Armidale Class Patrol Boats
• 2 Survey Ships
• 4 Survey Motor Launch
• 2 Training Vessels

• 8 ANZAC Frigates
• 5 Guided Missile Frigates
• 2 Landing Platform Amphibious
• 1 Landing Ship Heavy
• 6 Landing Craft Heavy
• 2 Replenishment Ships

Project Profile: SEA 1444 Armidale Class Patrol Boat Program (Fast Patrol Vessel)

HMAS Armidale

Offshore Systems was awarded a contract to supply additional ECPINS M systems to the Royal Australian Navy. A number of ECPINS M systems were purchased for installation on the new Armidale Class Patrol Boats. The SEA 1444 Program consists of dual processor systems with a remote laptop station. Currently, there are seven vessels in operation with ECPINS, with a total of 14 vessels to be equipped with ECPINS in the near future.