Maintenance technology company ESRG reports that its OstiaEdge SmartShip Remote Monitoring and Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) package has been delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy for installation on a number of new vessels.
The new FFX-class multi-purpose frigates and KMLS-II mine layer ship will use the CBM, incorporating real-time equipment health monitoring and predictive diagnostics, to manage maintenance and operation of shipboard equipment.
ESRG says that is partnering exclusively with L-3 MAPPS to supply the OstiaEdge SmartShip product to the Korean Naval market.
The product has already been deployed on one ship, and there are five further installations currently in progress. A contract is in place for this to be extended to another 21 ships over the next 10 years.
OstiaEdge SmartShip combines Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivery models with a Mimosa-compliant open architecture, which has an onboard footprint of less than one square foot and a shipboard software installation time of less than one hour.
No shipboard IT staff are needed to install or maintain the system, and ESRG says that onboard and shore-based users can get up to speed with less than 30 minutes of training
Source: The Digital Ship