MIDAS
Naval Alignment System

MIDAS, developed by specialist transducer company Tilt Measurement Limited is a complete carefully engineered system comprising a comprehensive hardware package, incorporating the most accurate tilt sensors available, matched with a complete suite of operating procedures packaged in easy to use Windows (TM) compatible software. The operating procedures and techniques have been developed and evolved over 25 years by Tilt Measurement engineers. There are many hidden errors arising from the complex interactions of ships motions and clinometers which other Naval Alignment systems ignore. MIDAS procedures reduce or eliminate these errors, so the alignment data produced is the right data. MIDAS covers the whole range of equipment installation and alignments covering ±90 ° in elevation and the full 360 ° in azimuth, all to an accuracy measured in arc seconds. Using Electronic Theodolites, Clinometers and similar equipment, any user defined alignment operation can be programmed into the system and used and re-used. collected data can be stored for later review, printed out in full colour with appropriate charts and graphs, together with fully documented reports.