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DeepSea Master

An indigenous, integrated vessel-monitoring, fisher-safety and communication system, aligned to India's national fisheries & coastal-security priorities.

Fisher safety & SOS IMBL crossing alerts NavIC-ready comms Catch traceability

A NATIONAL PRIORITY

Safer seas, secure borders, sustainable fisheries.

1.46L

powered marine fishing vessels to be brought into monitoring

CMFRI Marine Fisheries Census

3.77M

marine fisherfolk whose safety is at stake

CMFRI

535

Indian fishers arrested across the maritime line in 2024

MEA / press, 2024

Fisher deaths in cyclones, boats straying across the IMBL, and the push for export traceability all demand one thing: every vessel, always locatable and reachable.

POLICY ALIGNMENT

Built to deliver on existing mandates & schemes.

PMMSY

₹20,050 Cr umbrella scheme covering fisher safety, communication and vessel modernisation, DSM maps directly to its safety & comms components.

NavIC transponder program

₹364 Cr, 1 lakh vessels. DSM complements two-way satellite messaging with a full onboard safety & monitoring stack.

DGS AIS Order 15/2022

Vessels must keep AIS operational. DSM integrates AIS boat-location and position reporting by design.

Group Accident Insurance

Safety infrastructure that reduces incidents supports the fisher-welfare objectives behind GAIS and allied schemes.

Source: Dept of Fisheries / PMMSY; NSIL; DG Shipping; NFDB

WHAT IS DEEPSEA MASTER

One integrated system for the entire vessel.

DeepSea Master (DSM) unifies navigation, safety, surveillance, communications and onboard monitoring into a single rugged bridge, purpose-built for fishing boats and trawlers.

It turns a fishing vessel into a connected, monitored, and safer asset, on the water and from shore.

Navigate

Offline charts, route planning & live vessel tracking.

Protect

Crew safety e-tags, SOS, smoke & environment sensing.

Stay connected

Cellular-primary with satellite SOS beyond coverage.

Monitor the fleet

Owners & authorities track every boat in real time.

CAPABILITY → NATIONAL OBJECTIVE

Every function serves a public-interest goal.

DSM capability	Serves
Satellite SOS + periodic position	Search-&-rescue, disaster response, life safety
AIS boat location & monitoring	Maritime domain awareness & coastal security
IMBL-crossing awareness	Preventing arrests & border incidents
Vessel geolocation & logging	Catch traceability & export certification
Crew e-tags, smoke & environment sensing	Fisher welfare & onboard safety
Centralised fleet dashboard	Authority-level monitoring & control (MCS)

PEOPLE SAFETY · SURVEILLANCE

Safety is the system's
first priority.

Crossing an international maritime boundary, a fire below deck, a crew member overboard, at sea, seconds decide outcomes.

Hooter + voice alert IP surveillance Smoke & env sensing

Bluetooth crew e-tags

Up to 20 tags, live battery, connection & panic status on the HMI.

SOS, panic & help switches

One press fires an instant alert, sounds the hooter & announces the zone.

IP camera surveillance

Live feeds from critical zones straight to the bridge HMI.

DUAL COMMUNICATIONS · THE DIFFERENCE

Connected everywhere. Even where cellular ends.

Cellular, primary link

Real-time telemetry, video and fleet data flow over cellular whenever the vessel is within coverage.

Satellite, safety backbone

When the signal drops, DSM automatically falls back to satellite for SOS alerts, critical messages and periodic position reporting.

~3 km

is roughly where mobile coverage ends offshore, beyond it, satellite is the only lifeline. DSM keeps a vessel reachable across the whole voyage.

Source: BoatUS marine communications

SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Four core components, end to end.

ONBOARD

Navigation HMI

Rugged bridge display

Companion App

Failover control

Slave Bridge Units

Room-level sensing

Weather / Nav-Light BU

Auxiliary units

MASTER BRIDGE + COMMS

Master Bridge Unit

Central control hub

Cellular Link

Primary data

Satellite Transponder

SOS backup

CLOUD & APPS

DSM Server

Weather + fish data

DSM Owner App

Location + crew health

Fleet Monitoring

Authority / owner dashboard

Onboard units feed the Master Bridge Unit → dual comms → cloud & apps for owners and authorities.

STANDARDS · INTEROPERABILITY · DATA

Designed for compliant, secure deployment.

NavIC / satellite interoperable, complements the national two-way messaging rollout.

AIS position reporting aligned with DG Shipping requirements.

Centralised MCS dashboards for fisheries departments & the Coast Guard.

Secure data handling with server-side control and audit trails.

Rugged, marine-grade hardware for extreme sea conditions.

Phased, scalable rollout from pilot districts to state-wide fleets.

DEPLOYMENT & SUPPORT MODEL

From pilot to state-wide, with service behind it.

1

Survey & pilot

Assess landing centres, run a monitored pilot in target districts.

2

Install & train

Fit vessels, train crews & officials, integrate the shore dashboard.

3

Operate

Live fleet monitoring, SOS handling & alerts for authorities.

4

Support & scale

Coastal service network, SLAs, AMC & phased state rollout.

Backed by a Chennai-based manufacturer with 25 years in hardware, with the service footprint to support coastal deployments.

MAKE IN INDIA

Indigenous by design, and by procurement.

DeepSea Master is designed, developed and manufactured in India by Rax-Tech International. It is positioned to qualify as a Class-I local supplier under the Public Procurement (Preference to Make in India) Order.

≥50% local content target Design · Development · Manufacturing

Strategic autonomy

No dependence on imported black-box marine electronics.

Better value

Indian engineering & support at a fraction of imported cost.

Procurement preference

Eligible for GeM & Make-in-India purchase preference.

COMMERCIALS & TENDER READINESS

Two clear entry points for public rollout.

From ₹50,000

Fishing boats

Core navigation, vessel location and fisher-safety configuration for smaller craft.

From ₹2.5 lakh

Fishing vessels

Expanded bridge, sensors, dual communications and fleet-monitoring configuration for mechanised vessels.

Tender structure: final pricing is costed by vessel class, module scope, installation volume and service period. District pilot → state fleet → national scale, with milestone-based acceptance.

Source: Per-boat benchmark: ₹364 Cr / 1,00,000 vessels, PMMSY/NSIL 2023

NEXT STEPS

A ready partner for fisher safety at scale.

Let's scope a pilot in your priority districts. Rax-Tech brings the product, the manufacturing and the service network.

Rax-Tech International

Design · Development · Manufacturing

Chennai, India

5th Floor, Kaleesweri Tower, Medavakkam

+91 44-22771949

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