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From: Mel Kowal (no email)
Date: Sat Nov 03 2007 - 12:28:39 EDT
The following is from NATIONAL GMDSS IMPLEMENTATION TASK FORCE Newsletter
and Summary Record of October 19, 2007 Meeting
e. Current Status of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS). Jorge Arroyo
reported on the status of AIS implementation. The following are highlights:
1). The long awaited promulgation of regulations providing for
expansion of AIS carriage to over 17,000 additional vessels is still
pending but should be forthcoming in the fall or winter of 2007 with a
revised timeline.
2). Increment 1 of the Nationwide AIS (NAIS) acquisition is in
full swing with the deployment of a shore-side network of receivers at 30
major ports and critical waterways. The Coast Guard anticipates having 190
receive only sites in the network. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for
Increment 2 in the AIS procurement with the capability to transmit messages
as well as receive them is on schedule for a November release.
3). The Coast Guard has type approved 5 Class B AIS units to date.
Final certification by the FCC is required prior to their sale. The FCC has
received permission to waive their Rules to enable prompt Class B
certification which can be expected by early November.
4). The AIS Search and Rescue Transponder (SART) has been approved
by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as an alternative to the
Radar SART required for the GMDSS. In addition, the AIS SART provides a
performance 10 times better than a conventional RACON. FCC certification
will be required to use the AIS SART on U.S. ships.
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