Northrop Grumman has selected ICAN's AIS products for the U.S. Coast Guard's
Nationwide AIS core data exchange contract
Northrop Grumman has chosen International Communications and Navigation
Limited (ICAN), a leader in Automatic Identification System (AIS) focused
marine products, to deliver key components of the core data exchange as part
of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Nationwide Automatic Identification System (NAIS)
Project. These components include ICAN’s Logical Shore Station (DataSwitch),
Data Storage and Playback application (DataStore)
and AIS Service Management application (Maestro).
AIS is an internationally adopted communication system that provides
autonomous continuous exchange of vessel positions and other navigation
safety related information.
This contract to ICAN was made pursuant to the U.S. Coast Guard’s award
of the contract valued at approximately $12 million to Northrop Grumman on
December 22, 2008 to develop a core data exchange as part of the NAIS
project. The core data exchange consists of all the system components and
functionality including AIS receive and transmit messaging, data processing,
data storage and retrieval, and system monitoring which will be delivered to
Coast Guard Sectors Delaware Bay, Philadelphia, Hampton Roads, Virginia and
Mobile, Alabama.
ICAN is part of the CNS Systems Group and is based in Mt. Pearl,
Newfoundland, Canada. ICAN designs and implements sophisticated navigation
and communications software including Electronic Charting Systems (ECS)
designed on the International Maritime Organization’s specification for
electronic chart display and information systems. The company also provides
AIS infrastructure products and services, consulting, system design, and
project management services. ICAN has United States based offices in
Huntsville, Alabama with additional employees based in Virginia Beach,
Virginia and Sherborn, Massachusetts.
For more information, please contact:
Joel Box
ICAN
Suite 201, 1118 Topsail Road
Mount Pearl, Newfoundland
Canada A1N 5E7
Phone: +1 709 754 0400
Fax: +1 709 754 0419
www.icanmarine.com
www.cns.se
