Thales puts forward its Ship Security Alert System
The Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) is being proposed as part of the best and most logical solution for US national homeland security needs. This suggestion has been made to the USCG following the recent request it made to industry for technical solutions to its longrange vessel tracking needs.
“Port authorities and facility operators are expected to comply with the new security regulations at a cost of billions of dollars. Federal help is simply imperative in order to make that expectation reality.”
In a submission from Thales Navigation it was pointed out that the high level of interest being shown in AIS will result in disappointment unless the technology is supported by a means of long-range communication and position data recall. The solution proposed by Thales is based on its TracsSSAS unit which contains a continuous GPS data memory of up to two years. The unit can be interrogated remotely via its Inmarsat-C link and used to supply and download the ship’s route history thereby satisfying the USCG’s need for information about its past activity. The entire process can be conducted automatically and without any input from, or even the knowledge of, the ship’s crew.
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