gCaptain - Latest Comments in NORAD - Tracking Missles, Planes, Santa and&#8230; Ships | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.disqus.com/A blog about ships!enSat, 03 Nov 2007 10:15:00 -0000Re: NORAD - Tracking Missles, Planes, Santa and&#8230; Ships | gCaptain.comhttp://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/norad-tracking-missles-planes-santa-and-ships/#comment-1342399A partnership with Canada in rapidly developing an ADVANCED SPACE-BASED AIS detection would increase maritime domain situational awareness in a positive manner.<br><br>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.” <br><br>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.<br><br>Check it out for more exciting information:<br><br><a href="http://www.comdev.ca/pressrel/2007/071017.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.comdev.ca/pressrel/2007/071017.html</a>watermonSat, 03 Nov 2007 10:15:00 -0000