Sixth INBS completed for Royal Canadian Navy programme

OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has completed Integrated Navigation and Bridge System (INBS) shipset six for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) programme, the company announced.

In 2014, OSI was contracted by Lockheed Martin Canada to design, build, and install INBS for the programme.

The AOPS project is part of the Canadian National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), a continuous long-term shipbuilding plan launched by the Government of Canada to renew both the fleet of the RCN and the Canadian Coast Guard.

In a 23 September press release, Ken Kirkpatrick, President and Chief Executive Officer, OSI Maritime Systems, sad since announcing the design phase, the programme had been ongoing for over seven years.

‘We've completed six bridges for AOPS, with some of the most advanced naval technology. The bridge is very large and complex, and even as a leading integrator it tested our team - we succeeded. The experience and technical sophistication developed out of the programme has affirmed OSI as a leading warship IBS expert and systems integrator.’

In the first phase of the AOPS project, each of the six shipsets were built and tested at OSI’s production facilities in Burnaby, BC, Canada. Subsequently, the system was delivered to Irving Shipbuilding, the Prime Contractor for AOPS - the first shipset was delivered in 2018, and the sixth shipset was delivered in August 2020.

AOPS is a large vessel, measuring 103n in length with a 19m beam, while the bridge measures 18m by 8m.

Powered by OSI’s ECPINS product, the system integration includes X- and S-Band Radar, data distribution units, a variety of sensors, and C2 capabilities.

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