Navaltoday.com is reporting, “Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed core capability development of the Nationwide Automatic Identification System (AIS) and delivered it to the U.S. Coast Guard to begin formal government testing prior to deployment.”

This system is likely to have a major impact on the way the Coast Guard does several of its missions including SAR and MEP in addition to Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security. Read the full report here.