Gerald S. Loecher, president and chairman of Dero Research and Development Corporation, Huntington, N.Y., has announced receipt of a contract award of approximately $2-million from Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation. The award covers the design and manufacture of seven marine centralized control systems which will be installed on seven vessels. The contract requires delivery of the first system by January 1970.
Each centralized operation system will monitor principal operating characteristics of the ship's main propulsion plant and its auxiliaries, and the ship's service systems, refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. In addition, the control systems, which will incorporate solid-state electronics, will automatically monitor faults and indicate and log operating data, such as bridge throttle position, time, shaft direction, rpm, and propulsion control.
Dero Research is a leading manufacturer of marine direction finding systems, shipboard radar systems and radar display systems. The company intends to further expand its marine product line to accommodate requirements for advanced electronic marine systems for commercial shipbuilding companies and governmental agencies.