• demonstration of distribution of MCP services through the cube satellite MARIOT-1, using VDE-SAT between satellite and ships in danish arctic waters,
• testing secure VDE-SAT by use of the Navelink MIR and MSR combined with S-100 document signing/encryption techniques

FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITIES  (TYPES OF DATA À INFORMATION CONTENT)

• worldwide satellite distribution of MCP services through S-100 documents for broadcast and point to point messages using a MCP component on the ship and following MCP services at land:
  • weather on route (Danish Meteorological Institute)
  • ice border maps (Danish Meteorological Institute)
  • weather bulletin (Danish Meteorological Institute)
  • position & observation reporting (Danish Meteorological Institute)

INTENDED PURPOSE (INCLUDING BENEFITS)

• demonstrating VDE-SAT readiness to integrate ship and services using established standards
  • services (MCP)
  • transport (VDE-SAT & MCP:MMS)
  • data exchange (S-100)
  • security (MCP & Navelink)
• integration on ships
• using standards that are established or under establishment
• using glue logic that is well defined and to-be-soon supported by standard ship equipment like:
  • S-100 documents (ECDIS producers)
  • VDE-SAT (AIS producers will support VDES from 2021 on using the standard AIS antenna that all ships have today)
  • MCP services (Navelink has established a fully secured environment for the key Maritime Connectivity Platform components to be seriously used by the maritime authorities and industry)