US Navy, BREMERTON: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) successfully tested and operated a state-of-the-art, touch screen digital helm and lee helm during a series of sea trials that began Dec. 12.
The installation of this latest navigation technology is part of an extensive, shipwide systems upgrade and ship restoration project conducted during a Docking Planned Incremental Availability (DPIA) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 10 years after the ship was commissioned in December 1995.
The ship has been in the shipyard for almost a year, undergoing the massive renovation project making the ship, as officials say, the most advanced carrier in the fleet.
The new Steer Control Console (SCC) integrates all of the mechanical features of the older helm/lee helm onto a set of graphic user interface computer consoles. The system is already in use on other aircraft carriers in the U.S. fleet and has proven to be a leap in technology and capabilities.
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