Services & Capabilities
Highly trained and skilled employees in the L-3 Communications Electronic Design (EDI) production department build automation and control equipment for both military and commercial applications. Through electromechanical assembly and point-to-point wiring, complex and expertly finished products are assembled with special care for details, quality and reliability. The company's capabilities include complete turnkey systems with ground-up design and manufacture, design-to-specification, second-source production (build-to-print), reverse engineering, complete documentation and integrated logistics support.
Some examples of L-3 EDI systems:
Machinery Centralized Control System (MCCS) (Products & Services Page) for USNS Bob Hope CLass (T-AKR) Military Sealift Command RO/RO Vessels
The largest, most advanced MCCS ever designed and manufactured in the United States, capable of monitoring and controlling up to 20,000 parameters. The MCCS includes:
- Port and starboard bridge wing panels
- Ship's control console
- Damage control console
- Machinery control console
- Local control consoles
- Chief engineer's workstation
- Engineer's stateroom alarm panels
Engineering Control System (ECS) (Products & Services Page)
for USS Rushmore (LSD 47) Amphibious Troop Carrier
Upgrade/retrofit of machinery plant control and monitoring system (MPCMS) to state-of-the-art microprocessor-based software system using COTS technology. System includes:
- 15 COTS programmable logic controllers (PLCs)
- 12 Windows® NT®-based workstations
- Ethernet connection to local area network (LAN)
- Five automatic transfer mode (ATM) switches
- On-board training (OBT) system
Pilothouse Console, Chart Table and Local Alarm Panel
for U.S. Coast Guard Coastal Patrol Boat (CPB)
Also includes the design, manufacture, installation and certification of a fiber-optic LAN. Total program will include 51 shipsets. System includes:
- Intercommunications IC panel board
- Electronic chart display information system (ECDIS) CRT and keyboard
- Steering and fire pump controls
- Phone and P.A. system
- Vital alarm panel
- Autopilot, compasses and steering controls
- Engine control and monitoring
- VHF radio
- Sound-powered phones
Simulator/Trainer Console (Products & Services Page)
for U.S. Coast Guard WMEC 270' Medium Endurance Cutter
Used as an instructional aid in the proper operation and maintenance of propulsion and diesel-generator machinery.
Consoles for M/V Tustumena Passenger and Car Ferry
for the Alaskan Marine Highway Western System
- Bridge wing console
- Pilothouse console
- Engine operating station console
- Alarm and monitoring system
Consoles for Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) Recovery Oil Skimmer Vessels
- Forward pilothouse console
- Two aft pilothouse consoles
- Aft desk console
Propulsion System Integration
for SWATH AGOR 26 Research Vessel for University of Hawaii
- Integrated bridge system
- Propulsion control system
- Machinery centralized control system
- Power management system
- Vital alarm system
- Fire alarm system
USS San Antonio (LPD 17) Class Amphibious Transport Vessels
- Load center switchboards
- 400 Hz switchboards
- 400 Hz circuit breakers in enclosures
Science Data Network (SDN) (Products & Services Page)
for U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy (WAGB 20)
L-3 EDI designed, programmed, integrated and commissioned the SDN for the U.S. Coast Guard's newest icebreaker. System includes:
- Data acquisition computers
- Network server computer
- Ethernet-to-FDDI hubs
- Redundant FDDI fiber-optic LAN serving 124 scientific workstations
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