This is the first item's accordion body. The L3 PROTEC AIS is an Automatic Identification System-Marine (AIS-M) and a collision avoidance and vessel tracking tool designed to improve the situational awareness of the command and control team, while facilitating secure AIS communication between military assets. With an integrated Minimum Keyboard Display (MKD), the L3 PROTEC-M Marine AIS offers a compact solution, which is highly desirable in the space-constrained world of bridge electronics.