COM DEV & Gatehouse Into Improved AIS

COM DEV International Ltd. [TSX:CDV] and GateHouse A/S of Aalborg, Denmark, have signed a strategic alliance agreement to combine their respective skills and to enable COM DEV’s space-based Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data to be collected, stored, managed and displayed. This will provide a global turnkey AIS solution for a range of user groups. Global AIS coverage, which can be achieved from space, will extend the reach and utility of the existing AIS infrastructure.




COM DEV is focused on developing an end to end system capability, which will support four key maritime areas: Search and Rescue, Environmental Monitoring and Protection, Vessel Traffic Management and Maritime Surveillance. Current AIS solutions have limited physical coverage and, generally speaking, AIS ship to ship and ship to shore communications is restricted to 50 nautical miles. AIS coverage from space enables detection and collection of AIS data from a vessel at any point on the Earth.





GateHouse A/S develops application and analysis software for processing AIS data transmitted by more than 68,000 ocean going ships. The company provides its AIS systems to maritime authorities, governments and port authorities around the world and is working within the International Maritime Organization‘s (IMO) Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) Project. The firm also has expertise in satellite communication protocols and application software—Cambridge, Ontario and Aalborg, Denmark