Sperry Marine Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine is part of Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems and, through various mergers, has built a heritage that includes Decca Radars, Sperry Marine, and C. Plath. Three of the best-known names in the marine electronics industry. Northrop Grumman purchased Litton Industries in April 2001 forming Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine.

Sperry Marine Northrop Grumman offers a range of marine navigation products and solutions including Marine Radars, Gyrocompasses, Steering Systems, Autopilots and Integrated Bridge Systems.

Sperry Marine is old of the oldest manufacturers of gyro compasses. Its founder, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, was working on the first prototype of the Gyrocompass at the same time as Mr. Anschutz was developing his. Eventually the rivalry over the gyro compass between these two inventors went to court, where Albert Einstein was included as an unambiguous expert.

Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine operates in over 15 countries and employs over 500 people.

The Sperry Marine Manual Ship Steering System and Autopilot uses ship steering control network technology to control a ship. The NAVIGUIDE 4000 Manual Steering System has multiple configurations to meet specific customer requirements. The ship steering system is fully type approved by Germanischer Lloyd.The NAVIPILOT 4000 is capable of tuning itself to adapt automatically to the ship’s load characteristics and weather conditions for safety and fuel savings.

The VisionMaster FT series of Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine provide Navigation Radar, Chart Radar and Multi-Function Workstation. It includes both radar and ECDIS units.