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 | |  | |  Electronique { 06/03/2006 } | |  | |  |
| McMurdo is incorporating Iridium's new, low-cost 9601 Short-Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver into a new man-overboard and automatic vessel reporting system.
McMurdo jointly developed the system with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and will market it under the MOB GUARDIAN name. McMurdo and the RNLI recently signed a licensing agreement giving McMurdo exclusive worldwide rights to manufacture, distribute and market the MOB GUARDIAN, which will be available to the public in spring 2006.
The device consists of an onboard monitoring device that uses the Iridium transceiver to transmit regular updates on a vessel's position, course and speed. If regular updates are missed, the shoreside monitoring station automatically transmits a message via satellite to the vessel to try and regain contact.
If the vessel fails to restart sending updates, an alert is raised with search and rescue (SAR) organisations. The system is also designed to work with personal safety devices (PSDs), which crew members can wear. A PSD will automatically alert organisations of a man-overboard incident in typically less than one minute. The alert gives the position of the incident and provides regular updates of the location of the vessel to facilitate rescue.
"This is one of the first commercial applications for the new Iridium 9601 SBD Transceiver, which provides a compact, economic solution for embedding short-burst data capability into a wide range of packages for remote asset tracking, monitoring and telemetry," said Don Thoma, executive vice president of Iridium Satellite.
"We believe that this exciting, new product will provide a major contribution to improving safety at sea."
Headquartered in Portsmouth, England, McMurdo is part of the Chemring Group. A leading manufacturer of marine electronics and safety equipment worldwide for commercial and leisure markets, McMurdo manufactures and markets a number of leading brands.
These include the ICS range of NAVTEX and communication equipment and McMurdo electronics and safety products, such as 406 MHz EPIRBs, PLBs, SARTs, handheld VHF radios and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS).
Iridium Satellite is a provider of global satellite voice and data solutions with complete coverage of the earth (including oceans, airways and Polar Regions). |
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