Vesper Marine announced today the WatchMate XB-8000 smartAIS has been awarded the Product of Excellence Award by the 2020 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Conference and Expo in the AIS category. The awards were presented virtually on Saturday, September 26, 2020.

Vesper Marine announced today the Cortex has completed certification requirements and will ship to distributors beginning late July. Vesper Marine’s Chief Technical Officer said "We are delighted to announce Cortex has received regulatory approvals for North America, Europe and Australasia (FCC, IC, CE). Boaters will soon get the full benefits of the most advanced, feature-rich VHF on the planet."

Cortex has been nominated for the highly prestigious DAME Design Award, in the marine electronics and marine related software category.

The DAME Design Award is a fiercely contested marine equipment accolade, judged by a panel of leading boat, interior and industrial designers, as well as user experts.

Cortex wins 2019 International BoatBuilders’ Exhibition (IBEX) Innovation Award for safety equipment.

IBEX has been rewarding ingenuity and honoring excellence with the Innovation Awards since 2003 and is one of the marine industry’s most prestigious honors.

Vesper Marine Cortex has been awarded the Best New Product Award at the 2019 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Conference and Expo in Norfolk, Virginia.

NMEA created the Best New Product Award to celebrate a product deemed best in the areas of innovation, benefit to boaters, practicality and value, that was introduced to the market at the combined NMEA/RTCM event.

Vesper Marine announced today a revolution in marine VHF with the release of Cortex. Completely redefining the VHF experience, Cortex is the world’s first radio with wireless touchscreen handsets, built-in Class B SOTDMA smartAIS transponder and remote vessel monitoring.

Jeff Robbins, CEO, Vesper Marine said, “Cortex fundamentally changes how you will interact with safety communication systems.”