HICANS-NAVIATION FOR HIGH SPEED SHIPS

Lanny Puckett

Peer Reviewed

Abstract:	In response to the identified need for automated coastal navigation and piloting as well as collision avoidance for the NATO hydrofoil, Sperry Systems Management under Navy contract has developed the High Speed Ship Collision Avoidance and Navigation System (HICANS). This system is aboard the USS PEGASUS (PHM-1) and has undergone extensive at-sea testing. This paper describes the system capability for coastal navigation and piloting using both digital charts and TV projection of standard paper charts. It also examines the results to date of the accomplished at-sea system testing.
Published in:	NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Volume 30, Number 2
Pages:	107 - 122
Cite this article:	Puckett, Lanny, "HICANS-NAVIATION FOR HIGH SPEED SHIPS", NAVIGATION: Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 30, No. 2, Summer 1983, pp. 107-122.
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