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  • Inmarsat Gets IMO Clearance for Maritime Safety Service Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat Gets IMO Clearance for Maritime Safety Service Offering

    Inmarsat has secured approval from the International Maritime Organization’s maritime safety committee to support the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System through its Fleet Safety service offering. The company said Tuesday it will deliver its maritime safety service through Inmarsat-4 and Inmarsat-6 satellite constellations. The approval would allow ship operators adopting Inmarsat’s Fleet One terminals and […] More

  • Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Extends Ku-Band VSAT Network Coverage to South Indian Ocean

    Globecomm has expanded the coverage of its Ku-band very small aperture terminal network services to shipping vessels traversing the South Indian Ocean. The company said Thursday the South Indian Ocean serves as a shipping route between Australia and the southern end of Africa. Globecomm’s Ku-band VSAT network currently provides broadband communications services to vessel operators […] More

  • Inmarsat, Marlink Form Maritime Broadband Communications Partnership; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, Marlink Form Maritime Broadband Communications Partnership; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Marlink will integrate Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress maritime communications service with the former company’s portfolio of service offerings under a strategic alliance between the two companies. Inmarsat said Friday Marlink aims to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to at least 2,000 ships over five years through Fleet Xpress that Inmarsat unveiled in March. Fleet Xpress works to provide maritime broadband service […] More

  • Globecomm Donates Satellite Terminals to Dutch Educational Program; Keith Hall Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Donates Satellite Terminals to Dutch Educational Program; Keith Hall Comments

    Globecomm Systems will donate a set of satellite terminals to a Dutch-run educational program on board a ship. The company is sponsoring the six-month School at Sea project with its FleetBroadband terminals to help students transmit video, voice and data to their teachers in the Netherlands, Globecomm said Monday. “This educational program is providing students an experience they will never forget […] More