STS Defence Complete IPS Container Integration
2nd February 2012
Over the past ten months, STS Defence has been working to an extremely tight timeline to design, build and install a full military communications outfit to the Royal Navy’s new Ice Patrol Ship, HMS Protector. The fit includes a large number of aerials and antenna located on the bridge roof and several kilometres of cables linking them to the 40ft ISO container in the ship’s lower hold. The container has been outfitted with equipment supplied by the MoD, much of which has been recovered from de-commissioned warships, to provide a full ICS25 communications capability in a Main Communications Office, Transmitter Room and Confidential Books Office, complete with ventilation, furniture and fittings.
Despite the challenging programme and the numerous technical issues along the way, the installation has now been completed to the satisfaction of the customer and the project has moved into the set-to-work phase, with two STS Defence engineers embarked during the ship’s transit to the South Atlantic on her first operational deployment, which departed Portsmouth on 28th November.
Contact Details
STS Defence Ltd
Mumby Road,
Gosport, PO12 1AF
Tel 02392 584222
Fax 02392 529598
E-mail defence@sts-defence.com
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