Router Board powers portable and mobile applications.
Press Release Summary:
Featuring Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology, iConnex e850mp Satellite Router Board supports military-grade security specifications, including AES encryption, TRANSEC, FIPS 140-2, and X.509 digital certificate encryption and automatic over-the-air key exchange. When combined with bi-directional satellite antenna, e850mp extends high-speed data, voice, and video connectivity to wide range of small form-factor portable and mobile solutions.
Original Press Release:
iDirect Introduces Small Form-Factor DVB-S2 Satellite Router Board To Power New Line of Portable and Mobile Applications
At half the size of current product standards, iConnex e850mp packs iDirect's full suite of mobility and advanced platform features into compact, portable board for systems integrators
HERNDON, Va., March 25 /-- VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems) today extended its Evolution product line with the introduction of the light-weight, extremely compact iConnex e850mp Satellite Router Board. The e850mp enables systems integrators and other third-party developers to create portable and mobile solutions with all of the advanced features of the iDirect Intelligent Platform. iDirect is a world leader in satellite-based IP communications technology.
The e850mp is half the size of iDirect's standard iConnex board and features iDirect's proprietary Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum technology for ultra-small mobile antennae. It also supports military-grade security specifications, including AES encryption, TRANSEC, FIPS 140-2, and X.509 digital certificate encryption and automatic over-the-air key exchange. When combined with a bi-directional satellite antenna, the e850mp extends high-speed data, voice and video connectivity to a wide range of small form-factor portable and mobile solutions, including:
-- Portable satellite communications systems that can be easily carried by an individual soldier and serve as a critical technology for expanding battlefield awareness, identifying potential threats, transmitting situational video back to base, receiving command and control information, and telemedicine
-- Medium- and small-size aircraft, cargo planes and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) where space constraints demand smaller communications equipment
-- Shipboard applications for deep water fleets, manned and unmanned submersible vehicles, and Coast Guard shallow water fleets
-- Emergency response vehicles, including search and rescue as well as fire and forestry deployments
"For the past few years, iDirect has collaborated with its partners to develop critical technology innovations for mobile applications that are now bringing broadband connectivity into some of the most demanding and hostile environments - from battlefields to disaster scenes. With the introduction of the iConnex e850mp board, we have taken an important next step, designing the technology to fit a new category of smaller form-factor applications to help soldiers and first responders better fulfill their missions, whether that's on the ground, in the air, under sea or anywhere they serve."
~David BETTINGER
Chief Technology Officer, iDirect
The launch of the e850mp board accompanies the latest release of iDirect's software, iDX 1.1, which enables the full suite of advanced features including security, mobility and bandwidth management on all military specific Evolution products. With iDX 1.1, military Evolution and iNFINITI routers and line cards can also be integrated onto a single global network and managed via iDirect's iVantage Network Management System.
VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems, is transforming the way the world gets and stays connected. The company's satellite-based IP communications technology enables constant connectivity for voice, video and data applications in diverse and challenging environments. These include extending private networks to remote offices; supporting mobile connectivity across land, sea and air; providing rural telephony and Internet broadband; and maintaining communications in the wake of disasters and network failures. The iDirect Intelligent Platform(TM) integrates advanced technology into iDirect's portfolio of hubs, routers and network management software to address the growing complexity of deploying and managing global IP networks. With more than 13 years of global satellite communications experience, iDirect serves customers in 50 countries through a diverse network of channel partners, including some of the largest satellite providers, operators and carriers in the world and seven of the World Teleport Association's Global Top Ten. Headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, iDirect has offices in Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Please visit www.idirect.net.
VT Systems and its subsidiaries are preferred providers of engineering solutions, products, integrated systems, and services in the Americas across the core business areas of marine, aerospace, electronics and land systems. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, VT Systems operates throughout North America and offers a broad range of proven innovative services to both the commercial and government sectors. VT Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd. Please visit www.vt-systems.com.
CONTACT: Julie Gouldin, Vice President Corporate Marketing, iDirect, 1-703-648-8155, Fax: 1-703-648-8015, jgouldin@idirect.net; or Sarah Thuman, Corporate Communications Manager, VT Systems Inc, +1-703-739-2610, 1-703-739-2611, sthuman@vt-systems.com
Web Site: www.idirect.net/
