Marine Systems Limited

Marine Systems Limited

Type	Private (limited)
Industry	Marine engineering Defense
Headquarters	Pakistan
Products	Marine simulators
Website	MSL.com.pk

Marine Systems Limited (MSL) is a Pakistani maritime engineering and marketing organisation. MSL develops real time embedded systems, design services and analysis of acoustic ^[1] or radar signatures ^[2] of surface and sub-surface vessels.

Products

• Advanced Towed Array Sonar (ATAS) - a towed array sonar developed by MSL and Maritime Technologies Complex (MTC) to replace old systems in service with the Pakistan Navy (PN) and for export. Project started during 1990s, Commodore S. Sarfraz appointed as program chief. System was designed to cope with Arabian Sea environment and is stated to be superior to foreign systems being offered for export. Expected to be installed on Agosta 70 and Agosta 90B class submarines currently in service with the PN, also being integrated with the Agosta 90B's SUBTICS combat management system, as well as future vessels to be acquired by the PN such as new submarines and corvettes.^[3]

• Action Speed Tactical Trainer (ASTT) - programmable simulator for tactical training of operations room teams. Based on High Level Architecture. Tactical facilities include: tactical manoeuvers, fleet operations, planning and management, C3I command centre, exercise execution and monitoring, scenario generation and trainees' evaluation. ASTT provides real time simulation of operationally integrated fleet environments, weapons and sensors, different environmental conditions, true kinematics of vehicles and can handle over 100 tracks. It includes user-conifgurable libraries for weapons and sensors. The simulator is made up of a number of cubicles which are configured to represent the CIC consoles of a surface ship or submarine.^[4] Installed on the Jalalat II class fast attack craft of the Pakistan Navy.^[3]

• Bridge/Pilotage Simulator - under development, will be capable of replicating all features of identified ships. To be used for training of Officer of the Watch-Manoeuvring, entering/leaving harbour, Quarter Master duties and communication staff in tactical reporting.^[4]

Services

• Computational Fluid Dynamics ^[5]

• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) services ^[6]

• Electronic system design and development ^[7]

• Noise signature measurement ^[8]

• Ship design - detailed structural design, powering calculations and analysis of: stability, sea-keeping, manoevring, radar cross-section, vulnerability.^[9]

• Software development ^[10]

• Structural design ^[11]

See also

• NESCOM
• Pakistan Navy

References

1. ^ "MSL - About Us". http://www.msl.com.pk/aboutus.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
2. ^ "MSL - Ship Design". http://www.msl.com.pk/ShipDesign.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ansari, Usman (20 October 2008). "Modernizing Navy Boosts Pakistan's Maritime Firms". Defense News. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3778080&c=FEA&s=SPE. Retrieved 12 March 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "MSL - Simulator Development". http://www.msl.com.pk/Semulator_Development.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
5. ^ "MSL - Computational Fluid Dynamics". http://www.msl.com.pk/CFD.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
6. ^ "MSL - EMC services". http://www.msl.com.pk/EMI_EMC_Services.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
7. ^ "MSL - Electronic System Design and Development". http://www.msl.com.pk/ESDD.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
8. ^ "MSL - Noise Signature Measurement". http://www.msl.com.pk/MNS.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
9. ^ "MSL - Ship design". http://www.msl.com.pk/ShipDesign.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
10. ^ "MSL - Software Development". http://www.msl.com.pk/Software_Development.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010. 
11. ^ "MSL - Structural Design". http://www.msl.com.pk/SDC.htm. Retrieved 9 July 2010.