Radar Ship Avoidance Trainer

The Radar Ship Avoidance Trainer (RSAT), Device 21H31 is installed at Naval Submarine School, Groton, CT, Building 533, Room 219, the Radar Operator Training Laboratory. RSAT provides students the fundamentals of radar navigation. Students are taught AN/BPS-15H radar operations and controls; VMS operations and controls; open ocean contact avoidance; and recognition of ownship's and contacts' course, range and bearing. RSAT training also provides harbor navigation, piloting and surface contact management in all projected operational environments. Students learn to detect surface contacts and landmass areas under all conditions including adverse weather and reduced visibility due to sea clutter and mast and funnel blanking.