OSI’s T-ACT kit for each boat enables the crew to navigate using a version of ECPINS optimized for use on a small craft. Under way, the crew can monitor the position of other boats, locate the mothership, track the bearing and range of a contact of interest (COI), share data such as soundings, and communicate with other boats via encrypted text messages. Equipping the boat with a digital radar and the ECPINS-SC Radar Control software module adds an extra dimension to the coxswain’s situational awareness.

Where a mothership leads the group, its ECPINS operator can monitor the location of the boats without leaving the familiarity of an ECPINS workstation. For command and control, the ECDPINS operator can share contacts with any of the boats, designate a contact of interest (COI) for a boat to close, exchange text messages, and send data such as contacts, routes, chart objects and areas – all encrypted within the group.