ORBCOMM, a provider of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, announced that Canada has exercised the option for an additional year on their contract through ORBCOMM’s Canadian partner Maerospace, a supplier of AIS data and maritime domain awareness solutions.
ORBCOMM will be providing satellite AIS data for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety efforts to Canada, in order to monitor Canadian and global marine traffic. The Canada contract award extends through 2020.
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Commenting on the extension of the contract, Eric Meger, Founder and CEO of Maerospace, said that this development will support efforts to improve maritime domain awareness and surveillance, customs and border protection, fisheries and environment monitoring as well as search and rescue efforts.
In addition, with the provision of a global view of real-time and historical marine traffic, ORBCOMM and Maerospace aspire to help Canada fulfill its national security mission.
Currently, ORBCOMM’s AIS service processes more than 30 million messages from over 200,000 unique vessels per day. This is achieved by a combination of satellite and terrestrial AIS data for marquee government and commercial customers globally.
