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Strategic AIS Satellite Partnership
Strategic AIS Satellite Partnership.
About this update from Srt Marine Systems Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 2996E Software Radio Technology PLC 09 May 2013 \n \n\nSOFTWARE RADIO TECHNOLOGY PLC\n(\"SRT\") (AIM: SRT)\n \nStrategic AIS Satellite Partnership\n \nSRT is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with exactEarth Ltd of Canada to develop technology to optimise transmissions from Identifier and Class B type AIS transceivers, enabling reliable reception from space through the growing exactEarth AIS satellite network. \n \nThe detection range of AIS transceivers by a coastal monitoring system is typically approximately 50 nautical miles. However many vessels, both large and small, frequently operate outside the detection range of such systems. The ability to reliably receive AIS transmissions from Class B and Identifier type transceivers from space and therefore without coastal range limitations will enable countries to significantly improve their vessel monitoring capabilities. \n \nSimon Tucker said; \"This is an important strategic step for both exactEarth and SRT which will provide the market with a uniquely capable AIS based tracking system solution. The technology that we are developing with our new partner is complex and will take time to perfect, but has already demonstrated a meaningful improvement on standard satellite reception capability. We expect the partnership to enable SRT to develop recurring revenue flows linked to the supply of data via a range of applications and services in the future.\"\n \n\"This relationship puts the leaders in satellite AIS detection technology together with the leaders in high performance AIS transponder technology to solve the problem of reliably detecting low cost AIS transponders from space\", said Peter Mabson President of exactEarth. \"I am very excited by the potential of this relationship to significantly increase the global population of deployed AIS products that we track with our exactEarth satellite constellation and very happy to have formalized our working relationship with the SRT team\"\n \n\n\n\n\nContacts:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSoftware Radio Technology plc\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimon Tucker, Chief Executive Officer\n\n\n+44 (0) 1761 409 500\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\nWH Ireland Limited\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Feather\n\n\n+44 (0) 20 7220 1666...