At Iridium®, we know great technology is nothing without great people. In this video series, we take you Behind The Network and provide an in-depth look at Iridium’s key differentiator to becoming one of the world’s leading satcom providers: our team members.
Encompassing a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, employees across the company share how they joined Iridium, where their passion for their work comes from, how their role impacts the company, and more.
Let’s go Behind The Network with Human Resources Coordinator Rachel Robinson!
The small size, light weight and low power SkyLink by Blue Sky Network uses the Iridium Certus® 100 service to enable versatility for both crewed and uncrewed airborne applications, including C2, through Global Line of Sight® (GLOS®) service for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) or Over-the-Horizon (OTH) connectivity. Deployed on AATI’s UAS, the AiRanger, SkyLink is transforming the way infrastructure inspections and aerial surveillance are performed. SkyLink’s C2 and BVLOS capabilities combined with AiRanger’s unique design and embedded technology are helping to scale UAS operations in the NAS.
“Iridium is incredibly proud of the collaboration between our partners American Aerospace Technologies and Blue Sky Network, and to be recognized with this award for our unique capabilities in UTM and ATM communications,” says Iridium Executive Vice President, Bryan Hartin. “Iridium’s Global Line of Sight service has become the gold standard for C2 and connectivity services supporting UAVs, USVs, and more broadly for all autonomous vehicles and systems. Combined with the innovation of our partners, we look forward to continuing to add new capabilities to this award-winning service.”
About Iridium Communications Inc.
Iridium® is the only mobile voice and data satellite communications network that spans the entire globe. Iridium enables connections between people, organizations and assets to and from anywhere, in real time. Together with its ecosystem of partner companies, Iridium delivers an innovative and rich portfolio of reliable solutions for markets that require truly global communications. In 2019, the company completed a generational upgrade of its satellite network and launched its new specialty broadband service, Iridium Certus®. Iridium Communications Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Va., U.S.A., and its common stock trades on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol IRDM. For more information about Iridium products, services and partner solutions, visit www.iridium.com.
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In this article, we highlight a key component of Iridium® PTT– interoperability – and show real-life examples of Iridium PTT in action. For an Iridium PTT overview check out this post.
Interoperating with Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Networks
Interoperability is the ability to bridge, or interoperate, between disparate communications systems. This is uniquely important for radio users, as there are numerous radio systems that may need to communicate with each other. Iridium’s satellite PTT services can enhance traditional Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems by allowing different radio systems to be cross-banded over a common talkgroup through the use of a third-party interoperability gateway. This offers added flexibility to organizations that rely on LMR networks and need a solution to extend their range. It also ensures that no matter where teams are deployed, communications networks will remain intact and connected via Iridium.
For example, fire departments typically use analog and digital radios to support their operations in urban environments. When natural disasters occur, teams may be called from different regions to support operations in environments not covered by their radio systems or local networks may be down. By leveraging Iridium PTT and interoperability gateways created by Iridium Value-Added Manufacturers (VAMs), these users can link different radio systems to support their operations.
Photo: Radio Interoperability Gateway – Icom VEP-G4
Iridium Satellite PTT in Action
Today, Iridium PTT is deployed across multiple industries and organizations worldwide. One example involves a large utilities company that is currently relying on Iridium PTT to connect its teams for an extensive project in a remote region in Canada. Due to the location of this project, tower-based coverage is not available and building out a terrestrial network would have been environmentally harmful and extremely costly. To solve this coverage issue, the company equipped its team members with Iridium Extreme® PTT and IC-SAT100 devices which accelerated their project timeline and significantly reduced the program’s cost. Both devices are connected to the Iridium satellite network, which offers truly global, weather-resilient connectivity, making it ideal for remote projects.
Iridium Push-To-Talk Enables Remote Utility Workers to Stay Connected
Additionally, the Republic of Indonesia’s government adopted Iridium PTT devices to support communication efforts across the country. The government fully deployed 500 Iridium PTT handsets to help support real-time communications across its diverse island landscapes, which makes building and maintaining terrestrial infrastructure costly and impractical. By deploying Iridium PTT, the Indonesian government now has access to a “grab-and-go” satellite communications solution, to help enable reliable communications during emergencies and natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis, which impact this region of the world.
These are just a few examples of the many deployed Iridium PTT solutions around the world. Iridium’s network of industry-leading partners are constantly innovating and adding new technologies to their comprehensive portfolio of satellite solutions. Many of these partners have built Iridium’s technology into purpose-built products designed for use with handheld radios or installed radios that can operate within vehicles, buildings, helicopters, and aircraft. This uniquely enables satellite PTT users to communicate reliably anywhere people operate to support their mission requirements.
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