Connecting the Oceans.
VDES technology for mobile, shore and satellite communications.
VDES Products
VDES2000
Accelerate your VDES roadmap.
VDES2000 is S3C’s highly integrated VDES platform for rapid field deployment, validation and OEM product development.
Designed to reduce integration effort, development time and technical risk, VDES2000 provides a proven foundation that can be supplied as a complete solution, customised for OEM requirements or used as the basis for licensed integration.
VDES Satellite
Extending VDES beyond the horizon.
PRION is S3C’s software-defined VDE-SAT payload, providing satellite connectivity for vessels operating beyond shore-station coverage.
Flight-proven since 2018, it supports backward compatibility with satellite AIS and can be upgraded in orbit through a compact software image, providing a flexible platform across the wider maritime VHF band. Read more.
VDES Base Station
Future-ready AIS infrastructure, built for VDES.
The VSH-D650 VDES Base Station combines AIS Base Station, AtoN and Repeater functionality with an advanced seven-channel concurrent receiver.
Its software-defined architecture provides a direct upgrade path from AIS to full VDES operation, including authenticated AIS and AtoN messaging, without hardware replacement.
VDES1000
A proven VDES core for flexible OEM integration.
VDES1000 is S3C’s compact software-defined VDES module, combining high-performance SDR technology with integrated GNSS, power amplification and an isolated power architecture.
Designed for deep OEM integration, it provides a flexible VDES core for shipborne and shore-based products, with software upgradeability supporting evolving VDES requirements and customer-specific form factors.
VDES ready NPPU
High-precision navigation with a built-in path to VDES.
CanalNav-VR is a Panama Canal Authority-approved NPPU combining centimetre-level positioning, high-accuracy heading and integrated AIS Class A functionality.
Its architecture is built around S3C’s VDES core, enabling future VDES upgrades and support for RTK correction services distributed through VDES shore stations.
