Radars, ECDIS, Gyro compasses

Company Profile

Around the turn of the 20th century a classical problem of high-seas navigation was reliable course-keeping, especially near the poles. Since the magnetic compass does not work properly near a pole, the young  Dr. Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe was obsessed with finding a suitable course-keeping instrument and concentrated on locating the geographical north direction with the help of a gyro. In 1904 he invented the world's first gyro compass which could be used on board a ship.

Anschütz & Co. GmbH was founded on September 1, 1905, in Kiel. From 1930 until 1994 Anschütz & Co. was a subsidiary of the Carl Zeiss foundation. In 1995 the Raytheon Company (Waltham, MA, USA), a leader in defence electronics, acquired the tradition-rich firm. Raytheon Anschütz belongs to the division Raytheon Integrated Defence System (IDS), Tewksbury, MA.

Raytheon Anschütz has an excellent reputation worldwide as a reliable provider of Integrated Bridge Systems (IBS) and nautical equipment for the shipping and shipbuilding market. As a personal partner we guide our customers through the whole process, from project outline and specification of systems through project realization over setting to work to extended after sales service.

Important processes of research & development, production, quality management, project and program management, and service coordination are centralised at our location in Kiel. Customer-oriented system engineering as well as an effective supply chain and quality management according to the most modern principles characterize our performance.

500 employees and a worldwide network of sales- and service representatives guarantee that all ships can be served "round the clock". Together with highest standards of quality, this ensures maximum reliability and reduced operation costs for our customers – important premises in worldwide shipping business.

Raytheon Anschütz Product Range

From gyro compass and autopilot to navigation radar, ECDIS and Integrated Bridge Systems for commercial and naval vessels.

• Gyro Compass Systems / Compasses

- Standard 22 Gyro Compass ...

- Standard 22 Retrofit Gyro...

- Steering Repeater Compass

- Bearing Repeater Compass

- Digital Repeater Compass  Multi Display

- Nav Data Repeater

- Rate-of-Turn Gyro System

- Magnetic Compass

• Steering Control Systems

- Nautosteer ® Steering Control Systems

- Steering Stand ComPilot® 20 - Steering Control Systems

- Rudder Angle Indicator Steering Control Systems

• Autopilots

- Autopilot NautoPilot 5000

- Autopilot NautoPilot 20X5 

- Autopilot PilotStar D

- Autopilot NautoPilot 60

• Navigation Radar

- NSC Radar / Chartradar 

- NSC Multifunctional Works...

• Communication Systems

- GMDSS A3 

- SSAS

• Conning

- NautoConning 

- Captain's Display

• Other Sensors and Products

- Echo Sounder System

- Speed Log System

- GPS / DGPS Position Recei...

- Meteorological System  Sound Reception System

- Automatic Identification ...

- Watch Alarm System

- Voyage Data Recorder

• Navigation for Naval Surface Vessels

• Equipment for Submarines

• Coastal Surveillance Systems

• Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems

- NSC ECDIS (Electronic Cha... 

- NSC Multifunctional Works...

• Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems

- Integrated Bridge and Nav...

- NSC Multifunctional Works...