Furuno Electric Company has been hard at work developing systems for unmanned ships as part of Japan’s Designing the Future of Full Autonomous Ship (DFFAS) Project. Furuno’s commitment to contributing its expertise to the project was underscored yet again with the fifth demonstration test of the DFFAS program. Carried out between Tokyo Bay and Ise Bay from February 26 to March 1, a distance of nearly 300 miles, the test demonstrated for the first time the viability of a comprehensive, fully...
Augmented reality for future automation
CIRM Director Kazuma Waimatsu is a Senior Executive Officer at Furuno Electric Co. Ltd. He is charge of Marine Electronic Products and Director of the Marine Electronic Products Division; Here he writes about Augmented reality for future automation.
The number of ships crossing the world’s oceans is increasing every day...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/09/01/augmented-reality-for-future-automation/
Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA), Port Angeles, Wash., has delivered a new 4615-CTC luxury water taxi, Liberty National I, to Liberty National Golf Club after successful launch and sea trials in Port Angeles Harbor.
Liberty National Golf Club selected the Brix Marine design last year and will utilize the planing catamaran to transport passengers between North Cove Marina in New York City and the private club’s dock in New Jersey.
Liberty National I carries a USCG COI for 30 passengers...
https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/ferries/brix-marine-delivers-luxury-water-taxi/
Furuno Offers KVH AgilePlans Maritime VSAT Connectivity in Japan
The AgilePlans program accelerates HTS VSAT adoption as a monthly subscription with no costly CAPEX and no long-term commitment for commercial fleets
MIDDLETOWN, RI – Nov. 19, 2020 – KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI), is pleased to announce that Furuno is offering AgilePlans® maritime VSAT connectivity in Japan. The KVH AgilePlans program is a Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) subscription-based model offering a comprehensive...
Japanese electronics company Furuno has acquired Danish company EMRI A/S, specializing in autopilots, steering […] The post Furuno acquires Danish maneuvering and steering systems provider…
https://www.offshore-energy.biz/furuno-acquires-danish-maneuvering-and-steering-systems-provider/
FURUNO presents its NEW 800W IMO Solid-State device X-band Radar/Chart Radar, and is able to offer, for the first time, a complete Magnetron-free Radar/Chart Radar Solution in both X-band and S-band with the addition of X-band models to the FAR-2xx8/3xx0 NXT Series (from next summer 2020).
No magnetron means less power consumption and no consumable part while maintaining the same level of performance thanks to deep know-how in Solid-State technologies. In other words, Solid-State NXT Radars are...