Source: Stanford Research Institute 



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The Coast Guard has a research program 

 underway to develop prototype transponder 

 equipment. The Loran-C system is one of 

 several alternatives being considered.*' The 

 Coast Guard is also following related hard- 

 ware-development projects within other 

 agencies, such as the Navy, and has added 

 some of its needs to research contracts already 

 underway in other agencies. ''2 



As the lead agency in developing trans- 

 ponder technology for use in fisheries 

 enforcement, the Coast Guard is seeking to 

 determine the specific contributions that can 

 be made by existing equipment and to develop 

 small, tamper-proof packaging for transpon- 

 ders to be placed on foreign vessels. 



Estimates are that a minimum of 2-years 

 work will be necessary before a suitable 



