Wireless Bureau Issues Safety Notice for Autonomous Vessels
The FCC Wireless Bureau on Thursday reminded operators of autonomous vessels (AVs) to obtain a maritime mobile service identity, a nine-digit number that identifies radio stations in the maritime mobile service. The notice cited the “proliferation in recent years” of…
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AVs. The vessels can make use of automatic identification system technology but to do so need to register for the nine-digit identity number, the bureau said.