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  • watermon · 2 years ago
    A partnership with Canada in rapidly developing an ADVANCED SPACE-BASED AIS detection would increase maritime domain situational awareness in a positive manner.

    Recently, John Keating, CEO of COM DEV. stated that “Space-based collection of AIS data offers tremendous cost and performance advantages over existing methods of monitoring marine traffic.”

    For instance, a reliable satellite-based collection system would eliminate the 50-mile limitation as well as the need to build large numbers of ground stations along the world’s coastlines. Existing AIS transmissions can be received from space.

    Check it out for more exciting information:

    http://www.comdev.ca/pressrel/2007/071017.html