Russian Satellite Communications Co. Joins Unmanned Navigation Project
MOSCOW, March 5, 2019 — The Russian Satellite Communications Co. has joined the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade’s MUNIN pilot project, which aims to develop and test technologies in automated navigation and remote control of vessels.
The project is part of the National Technological Initiative to support high technologies in promising areas of the maritime industry. In autumn 2018, MARINET Industry Association announced the launch of the unmanned navigation project to be implemented by leading Russian shipping companies and developers of marine navigation solutions and control systems.
“We appreciate the invitation to take part in the Unmanned Navigation Project and believe that our company’s competencies and experience in the provision of innovative communication services at sea will be in great demand. Thanks to RSCC’s marine VSAT network coverage, we are ready to test the Marine Unmanned Vehicle technologies in all the seas around our country, taking into account the requirements of reliability and cyber-security information exchange between offshore facilities,” said RSCC general director Yuri Prokhorov.
Currently, the global industry is embracing new areas of development in territories with severe geographical and climatic conditions (arctic and desert regions). According to experts, the most promising area for development is the maritime industry, where revolutionary changes are expected in the next 10–20 years. It includes exponential growth in mining and food production output (fisheries and aquaculture production) as well as digitalization of shipping with an increase in the number of vessels of the maritime commercial fleet from the current 50 thousand vessels to 70-80 thousand vessels by 2035.
VSAT satellite communication technology with GEO satellites and special motorized stabilized satellite dishes on vessels are used to transmit larger volumes of information between offshore facilities and on shore.
An innovative solution using modern Russian Express-AM series satellites makes use of maritime VSAT technology, which allows RSCC to provide a wide range of digital communication and broadcasting services on vessels of various classes and for different purposes. RSCC’s VSAT network covers the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, the Mediterranean, Baltic, Northern, Black, Caspian seas, the seas of Japan and Okhotsk, as well as all northern seas washing Russia (including almost the entire length of the Northeast Passage). At present, more than 260 marine vessels operate in RSCC’s VSAT network.
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