Which international joint venture is becoming the primary emergency locating system?

• A. COSPAS-SARSAT system which can monitor all types of locating beacons
• B. GPS/GNSS Partnership
• C. Iridium Safety Network
• D. Inmarsat Rescue System

Answer: (A)

The main idea here is recognizing which system is the international standard for locating distress signals from emergency beacons. COSPAS-SARSAT is that framework: a global, collaborative effort dedicated to detecting and locating beacons used in emergencies. It can monitor all beacon types—maritime EPIRBs, aviation ELTs, and personal PLBs—and coordinates with search-and-rescue authorities worldwide. With advances like the MEOSAR expansion, it delivers faster alerting and wider coverage, which is why it is regarded as the primary emergency locating system. The other options describe separate networks or partnerships that either focus on navigation or are not globally standardized for universal distress beacon detection, so they do not serve as the primary system in the same way.