Owners of first generation ICAN products or competing products are encouraged to contact ICAN for an upgrade quotation. Regulus and Aldebaran are being used throughout the world by coast guards, navies, hydrographic offices, fishing enterprises, ferries, law enforcement and surveillance agencies, shipping companies, surveyors, harbour authorities and educational institutions. Regulus was designed for navigation using a single chart format, while Aldebaran is ICAN's multi-fueled ECS that simultaneously supports multiple chart data formats. ICAN also announced the commercial availability of the Radar Overlay module, an add-on that works with both Regulus and Aldebaran. Its advanced, tunable PC-based processing of radar information and its high resolution make it ideal for use in demanding applications such as search and rescue, iceberg detection, obstacle avoidance, and coastal surveillance.
Work continues on other add-on modules and features.
The second generation of ICAN's Survey module is in the late stages of beta testing. After successful trials in 1999, ICAN's Nav Aids module is being enhanced to the Canadian Coast Guard's specifications and is expected to roll out this summer. Owners of these modules will be updated to the commercial releases. ICAN's AIS module is presently being used in several trials, and will be enhanced based on feedback and evolution in the standard. ICAN is Saab TransponderTech's exclusive Canadian reseller of AIS equipment.