Racal-Decca Marine Radar Limited reports orders for its ARPA automatic radar plotting aid have passed 100 in nine months, with 50 more in negotiation. Total orders for all Racal-Decca marine radars exceeded £5 million in three months.
Racal-Decca Marine Radar Limited has announced that orders for its ARPA—Automatic Radar Plotting Aid — have passed the 100 mark, nine months since its introduction. Some 50 additional orders are at an advanced stage of negotiation. In the past three months the total orders for all types of Racal-Decca Marine Radars alone has exceeded some £5 million, reported David C. Elsbury, chairman and managing director of the Racal-Decca group.
Multiple orders for the new Racal-Decca ARPA have been received from the Kuwait Oil Company, Tschudi and Eitzen of Norway, Johnson Line of Sweden, and Ocean Tramping of China, British Petroleum, China Shipbuilding Corporation, Van Ommeron, P & O, and Great Eastern.
