DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE MARINE RADAR INTERROGATOR TRANSPONDER AS A COASTAL NAVIGATION AID

Because of recent interest in the development of secondary radar systems for coastal navigation, the capabilities and limitations of the Marine Radar Interrogator Transponder (MRIT) are investigated to determine suitability for such service. MARAD's development and evaluation program for the MRIT is discussed, and several special navigation techniques are explored. The MRIT is considered the preferred secondary radar system because of its wide ranging applicability to collision avoidance, maritime surveillance, as well as coastal navigation.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presetned at the National Marine Navigation Meeting, Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, October 31-November 1, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Navigation

  815 14th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Lingley, G S
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 15-20
• Serial:
  • Publication of: American Concrete Institute
  • Publisher: American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coastwise shipping; Communication systems; Crash avoidance systems; Navigational aids; Radar; Radar beacons; Radar beacons; Radio
• Old TRIS Terms: Coastal navigation
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00170504
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute of Navigation
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 14 1978 12:00AM