Satlynx, a subsidiary of GE and provider of two-way satellite broadband communication services, announced extension of a range of its Maritime VSAT services across wide portfolio of platforms including SCPC, and shared and dedicated TDMA hubs. Based on different satellites operating at Ku, extended-Ku and C-band frequencies, footprints are extensive across the Europe, [...]
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Maritime VSAT Services across EMEA
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Maritime Security Buoys
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments
Department of Homeland Security is testing buoy sensor grid technology as a part of its Small Vessel Security Program. The buoys are connected into grid with nodes 20 miles apart from each other and anchored within 200 miles offshore. The “sonobuoys” detect signals made by vessels and passes information to the basestation. Information is analyzed [...]
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Oil Choke Points: Impact of Terrorist Attack
May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments
Chakib Khelil, OPEC’s president, delivered on Monday a gloomy forecast: economic factors could drive oil to $200. Terrorist attack of the oil tanker at one of the oil shipping choke points may put world to the brink of economic crisis. A handful of oil choke points are of strategic importance for the global energy [...]
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