Hansen Protection has launched a new emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB), designed to take cross-bearings from multiple systems and to relay distress signals on several different frequencies. In addition to using the standard 121.5MHz(VHF) emergency wave band, which is aimed at helicopters and rescue boats, the EPIRB sends signals over AIS, as well as the GPS and GLONASS networks. The latter, Russia-funded service could prove essential, Hansen says, for crew deployed in Arctic and far-northern territories.
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