COM DEV International Ltd. has established a subsidiary company, exactEarth Ltd., for the purpose of offering advanced space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS-S) data services to competent maritime authorities around the world.

exactEarth will launch its first three AIS microsatellites, which are currently under construction in Canada and Europe, and will begin providing its exactAISTM service within the year.

Peter Mabson, President of exactEarth, unveiled the new company and described its planned service offering at the Nor Shipping Conference in Oslo, an event that annually attracts more than 20,000 members of the global maritime community.

“Our message today is that exactEarth is committed to becoming the world’s premier provider of space-based AIS data, and we are now open for business,” said Mr. Mabson. “We have spent five years developing, testing and validating an advanced AIS-S technology that we believe outperforms any other known system. In the coming months we will begin to roll out our space-based AIS service capability, and will continue our discussions with potential customers and regulatory authorities around the world on how this new advanced capability can help meet their needs in the areas of search and rescue, environmental monitoring, vessel traffic management and maritime security. The exactEarth team of partners that is building this system already spans the globe and we expect to add new partners in the coming months.”

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