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Home Vol 10 Issue 1  News  Contents  Products  Safety  Datafiles Next News       Newsdesk - February 2004 Ark Royal's network maintenance equipment gets an upgrade The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal has become the first Royal Navy ship to carry the TRITEC FASE II as part of its network maintenance equipment. TRITEC is used by the Ministry of Defence for providing equipment for installing and maintaining optical fibre links and networks worldwide. Technology in the Royal Navy has advanced considerably, and all of the internal Communications and Information Systems (CIS) LANs are moving over to fibre. In the past, the Navy commissioned all fibre work to external contractors, which could only be carried out when the ship was in re-fit. It has now become essential that the Royal Navy has the capability to maintain these systems at sea. An increasing number of Royal Navy technicians are being trained for fibre installation, and this trend has led to the requirement for a fusion splicer to be kept on board. Tritec Reply number u103
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