Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:IRDM) announced today that
Honeywell Aerospace, SKYTRAC, Avitek and Navicom Aviation are
the first Iridium Certus service providers to be selected for the
aviation industry. As Iridium Certus service providers, each
company will be able to offer the new, best-in-class broadband
satellite connectivity to its customers. Ideal for commercial
airliner flight deck communications, rotorcraft and both flight
deck and cabin business jet connectivity, Iridium Certus will soon
offer the industry’s fastest L-Band speeds. This will be delivered
through small form factor, cost-effective antennas with the same
reliable pole-to-pole coverage only provided by the Iridium®
network.
A recognized leader in the aviation industry and
long-time Iridium partner, Honeywell Aerospace products and
services are found on virtually every commercial, defense and space
aircraft. Honeywell Aerospace works to develop innovative solutions
to increase aircraft efficiency, reduce pilot workload and improve
passenger safety and comfort.
“Iridium Certus will extend Honeywell’s vision for
the Connected Aircraft by enabling high-speed data rates for all
aircraft types operating anywhere in the world,” said John
Peterson, Honeywell’s senior director of services and connectivity.
“Combining the capabilities of the new Iridium constellation with
GoDirect’s Flight Services, Connected Maintenance, and Optimization
Analytics will bring even greater operational efficiency for
Honeywell’s thousands of airline, military, business and commercial
operators.”
SKYTRAC provides performance trending, operations
reporting, real-time asset tracking and situational awareness
solutions to the aviation industry. SKYTRAC will extend Iridium
Certus services to aviation partners as well as delivering the
technology on their ISAT-200A hardware.
“Our mission is to drive flight safety and
efficiency through streamlined air-to-ground connectivity. With its
higher bandwidth, Iridium Certus will allow us to bring more power
to recent innovations like real-time Health and Usage monitoring
and weather to cockpit while also offering highest-quality voice
services. SKYTRAC is proud to have been selected as one in a
limited group of companies to offer Iridium Certus services direct
to aviation clients,” said SKYTRAC President, Malachi Nordine.
Based in China, Avitek is a leading aviation solutions company
that provides onboard communications, ADS-B, ACARS and Electronic
Flight Bag services. Avitek has been instrumental in
equipping airliners throughout China with Iridium satellite
communications devices to meet the Airline Operational
Communications voice mandate by the Civil Aviation Authority of
China. The introduction of Iridium Certus will allow Avitek
to enhance the capability of the data solutions it offers and
improve flight standards and operations as a result.
Navicom Aviation, based in Japan, is dedicated to
the safe and efficient operation of aircraft. With a large number
of helicopters in Japan serving public safety efforts for police
and fire departments and the Japanese Coast Guard, Navicom plays a
vital role in ensuring their aircraft stay connected. Navicom will
provide the Iridium Certus service in support of their goal to help
improve flight support systems for the overall aviation
industry.
Enabled by the Iridium NEXT satellite
constellation, Iridium Certus will bring broadband functionality,
with enterprise-grade quality of service, to the aviation industry.
It will feature a range of throughput and service options that will
enable everything from graphical weather reports, multi-user
internet/VPN and Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) redundancy to
flight data recorder streaming, video conferencing, and, upon
formal approval, safety services. The Iridium Certus
high-gain antenna (HGA) solutions will provide data speed options
of up to 704 Kbps, and eventually as high as approximately 1.4 Mbps
following full Iridium NEXT deployment, with an antenna size of
approximately 24 x 10 x 6cm, while the low-gain antenna (LGA)
solutions will enable data speeds of up to 176 Kbps.
“Iridium Certus is poised to introduce a revolution
in aircraft communications,” said Brian Pemberton, vice president
strategic planning and general manager aviation at Iridium.
“Iridium Certus leverages the inherent advantages of the Iridium
network and architecture and combines that with enhanced
capabilities of the Iridium NEXT constellation to redefine
best-in-class aircraft connectivity. Iridium Certus not only
satisfies the connectivity requirements for the flight deck but
also serves as an ideal cabin connectivity solution for many
business aviation users.”
Initial flight trials will take place later this
year, with Iridium Certus commercial service introduction expected
in mid-2019 for aviation users. Commercial service introduction for
other verticals, such as maritime and land-mobile, is planned for
mid-2018. Iridium NEXT is the Company’s next-generation satellite
constellation. To date, there have been four successful
Iridium NEXT launches, deploying more than half of the new
constellation. Four additional launches are planned for 2018.
For more information about Iridium Certus, please
visit
https://www.iridium.com/company/industryleadership/iridiumcertus
For more information about Iridium NEXT, please
visit www.IridiumNEXT.com
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. The company has a major development program
underway for its next-generation network — Iridium NEXT. 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.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not
purely historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements
as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The Company has based these statements on its current expectations
and the information currently available to us. Forward-looking
statements in this presentation include statements regarding the
deployment and capabilities of the Iridium NEXT constellation and
products and services to be offered over the constellation,
including Iridium Certus, as well as the potential market for such
products and services. Forward-looking statements can be identified
by the words “anticipates,” “may,” “can,” “believes,” “expects,”
“projects,” “intends,” “likely,” “will,” “to be” and other
expressions that are predictions or indicate future events, trends
or prospects. These forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the
actual results, performance or achievements of Iridium to differ
materially from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to,
uncertainties regarding potential delays in the Iridium NEXT
deployment, the development and functionality of Iridium NEXT and
related products and services, and the company’s ability to
maintain the health, capacity and content of its satellite
constellation, as well as general industry and economic conditions,
and competitive, legal, governmental and technological factors.
Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include
those factors listed under the caption “Risk Factors” in the
Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February
22, 2018, as well as other filings Iridium makes with the SEC from
time to time. There is no assurance that Iridium’s expectations
will be realized. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties
materialize, or if Iridium's underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expected,
estimated or projected. Iridium's forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date of this press release, and Iridium undertakes
no obligation to update forward-looking statements.
Press Contact:
Jordan
Hassin
Iridium Communications Inc.+1 (646)
872-0067Jordan.Hassin@iridium.comTwitter: @IridiumComm
Investor Contact:
Kenneth LevyIridium Communications Inc.+1 (703)
287-7570Ken.Levy@iridium.comTwitter: @IridiumIR
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