Lt. j.g. Jonathan Upton, operations officer, Coast Guard Cutter Aspen, receives two Maritime Object Tracking Technology (MOTT) devices from Brian Dolph, Coast Guard Research and Development Center test lead, following a MOTT device demonstration in San Francisco, Jan. 17, 2018.
The MOTT device was designed to transmit an Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal that will display a marker on the navigation display of Coast Guard vessels to facilitate object tracking. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sarah Wilson/released).