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AIS

British

abbreviation

Australian Institute of Sport

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Similar to plane signals, the AIS safety system allows vessels to broadcast their details, positions and destination to ports and other vessels.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

Spoofing is more sophisticated -- and more dangerous, affecting a ship's Automatic Identification System, or AIS.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

That is the result of gaps created in a ship’s voyage when the AIS is switched off, or when the crew spoof a vessel’s location.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

The firm noted that while its AIS showed the ship at Iraq's Basrah Oil Terminal on 7 and 8 July, terminal reports showed no record of the vessel there.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

"Normally, if the Russians want to remain hidden in secret, they just turn off their AIS signal," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025

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