Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed an improvised Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT) with advanced capabilities and features for the fishermen at sea to send emergency messages from ...

It comes with the facility to acknowledge distress alerts, assuring the fishermen that help is on the way. DAT-SG can receive messages from the control centre; the feature can be used to send alerts ...

The Indian Coast Guard and the department of fisheries on Tuesday asked fishermen to install distress alert transmitter (DAT) in fishing boats for personal safety as well as for the security of the ...

Kakinada: To make sea voyage safe and hassle-free, the state government will provide Distress Alert Transmitter kits to fishermen with boats. The DAT will help them alert the Coast Guard personnel so ...

The importance of fixing the distress alert transmitter (DAT) on fishing vessels came to the fore when the Indian Coast Guard personnel rescued eight fishermen from a boat here on Saturday. Addressing ...

A timely signal from a distress alert transmitter (DAT) jointly developed by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Indian Coast Guard enabled the latter to save seven fishermen stranded in mid ...

A device, developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), for sending a distress signal when stranded at sea, will be made available to some fishermen in the state by the Coast Guard. As a ...

Chennai, Oct 6 (IANS) A distress alert transmitter (DAT), developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation in consultation with Indian Coast Guard, enabled the rescue of nine sailors of a ...

The S K Birla group-owned VXL Technologies has launched a new global positioning system (GPS) product based on search-and-rescue beacon called Distress Alert Transmitter (DAT). This product the ...

ISRO has developed a second-generation 'Distress Alert Transmitter' (DAT), incorporating advanced satellite communication and navigation capabilities that allow fishermen at sea to send emergency ...

Thus, the fishermen will be able to sail back home or go to safe places. Further, the information about Potential Fishing Zones (PFZs) are also transmitted to fishermen using DAT-SG on regular ...