Maritime Navigation

ARINC is a pioneer in developing equipment that guides vessels over water and displays their status graphically. Unlike other GPS offerings, our positioning and heading system technology accurately displays vessel speed and orientation, whether the ship is moving forward, astern, or sideways; is at a dead stop; or is turning.

One of our solutions, PilotMate^®, uses our patented kinematic GPS technology to graphically aid in maritime vessel navigation and maneuvering. Two GPS antennas mounted on the ship's railing enable precise determination of vessel position, orientation, heading, and direction. The solution is updated every second. To cut costs, the antennas can be moved from vessel to vessel—and are installed and calibrated in minutes.

ARINC PortSource™ allows ships at sea to obtain real-time navigation and port information—including weather and port conditions—using reliable, wireless Internet access technology.