Speech (committee meeting)

{
    "time": "2009-10-27 10:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Capt Christopher Hearn",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1675154\" data-originallang=\"en\"> What I mean by marine technology is the design of the vessel and how it's able to do things. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1675155\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'll give you an example. The Finns have come up with a very clever design whereby the vessel actually turns around and goes backwards, or sternways, through the ice. It's excellent technology for vessels that have to make transits through continuous-coverage ice. This is called a double-acting hull. It enables a ship to break the ice through weight, but in addition, the propeller system is designed to actually crush the ice while the vessel is going sternways. This has some manoeuvring advantages in terms of being able to manoeuvre the vessel. Rather than pushing my way through the ice, I'm pulling my way through. That's why they go stern-through. That's a Finnish technology. That's what I mean by marine technology. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1675156\" data-originallang=\"en\">The simulation side is purely to assist in the evaluation of an operation before it happens or to train the people. It's a tool to assist with the training of people by placing them in situations that are immersive, that are realistic, and that are repetitive. We can re-create the same situation over and over again, which is not possible in the real world. You can't undertake that. We can do that in our facility.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1675154\" data-originallang=\"en\">Lorsque je parle de technologie marine, je pense \u00e0 la conception du navire et aux manoeuvres qu'il est capable d'effectuer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1675155\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je vais vous donner un exemple. Les Finlandais ont mis au point un m\u00e9canisme tr\u00e8s ing\u00e9nieux qui permet \u00e0 un navire de faire demi-tour et de circuler en marche arri\u00e8re \u00e0 travers les glaces. Il s'agit d'une technologie tr\u00e8s utile pour les navires qui doivent transiter sur des eaux toujours prises dans les glaces. Cette coque \u00e0 double action permet au bateau de briser la glace en se servant de son poids tout en mettant \u00e0 contribution ses h\u00e9lices qui peuvent broyer la glace lorsque le navire se d\u00e9place en marche arri\u00e8re. Cela facilite les manoeuvres du navire, car au lieu de se faire un chemin dans la glace en poussant, il le fait en tirant. C'est la raison d'\u00eatre de cette fa\u00e7on de naviguer poupe premi\u00e8re. Cette innovation finlandaise est un exemple de ce que j'appelle la technologie maritime.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1675156\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le volet simulation vise uniquement \u00e0 \u00e9valuer la teneur d'une op\u00e9ration avant qu'elle ne soit men\u00e9e ou \u00e0 former l'\u00e9quipage. Cet outil permet en effet de bien former les gens en les pla\u00e7ant dans des situations d'immersion qui sont r\u00e9alistes et r\u00e9p\u00e9titives. Nous pouvons en effet recr\u00e9er la m\u00eame situation \u00e0 l'infini, ce qui n'est pas possible dans la r\u00e9alit\u00e9 des op\u00e9rations. On ne peut pas le faire sur place, mais nous sommes capables dans nos installations.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/national-defence/40-2/35/capt-christopher-hearn-27/",
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    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2915030",
    "document_url": "/committees/national-defence/40-2/35/",
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