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Maritime weather and tide conditions - navigation equipment, radios and emergency beacons, register a 406 beacon
HM Coastguard regularly broadcasts Maritime Safety Information (MSI) by…
Weather information at sea Find information about conditions at sea from…
You can get navigational information by radio from: navigational warnings,…
Safe navigation is particularly important in adverse weather and sea…
A voyage data recorder (VDR), often known as the ship’s ‘black box’,…
The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) is a maritime…
A 406 megahertz (MHz) beacon can send a distress signal via satellites to…
Small commercial ships should keep a listening watch on VHF channel 16 for…
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
Guidance on Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), why it matters and the government framework for Greater PNT Resilience.
10 Use Cases
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
How responders can reduce the risk of communications disruption during emergencies by using ResilienceDirect, HITS and Telecoms Sub-Groups.
How marketing authorisation holders should inform MHRA of a signal or an ADR to a medicine.
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