US Coast Guard chooses Sagem's BlueNaute® navigation system to modernize its medium cutters

Following an international call for tenders, the US Coast Guard has chosen Sagem (Safran) to contribute to the modernization of the navigation systems on its Reliance class medium endurance cutters (WMEC) (1). According to the terms of this contract, the 14 Reliance class vessels will be fitted with Sagem's BlueNaute attitude and heading reference system.

This latest contract further confirms the US Coast Guard's confidence in Sagem's navigation solutions, since it had already chosen the BlueNaute unit in April for ten Juniper class seagoing buoy tenders (WLB).

The new-generation BlueNaute navigation unit is based on the innovative Hemispherical Resonator Gyro (HRG) technology.
A real technological breakthrough, the HRG-based inertial core in the BlueNaute system offers a competitive advantage over previous-generation inertial technologies (mechanical or fiber-optic gyros), in terms of both total cost of ownership and performance. The HRG in the BlueNaute unit, a proprietary Sagem solution, ensures very high attitude and heading precision.