
iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) today announced that in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), it has successfully tested the Aero-Mobility features of iGT's advanced Evolution technology. The testing involved using a Ka-band Advanced Multiband Communications Antenna System (AMCAS) low-profile airborne antenna over the Department of Defense (DoD) Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) system. Considered in the context of emerging commercial Aero Mobile Satcom Services (AMSS), iGT's Evolution product family provides a unified radio access network technology option for an integrated military WGS and commercial Ka-band AMSS.


iGT demonstrated its next-generation transmission standard (DVB-S2) with Adaptive Coding and Modulation outbound technology with a Multi-Frequency Time Division Multiple Access inbound IP-based platform. The demonstration also included successful evaluations of iGT's latest AES-256 based Transmission Security software. Test criteria included an airborne bi-directional video teleconferencing session while simultaneously running IP file transfer applications.
"With proven on-the-move satcom systems, airborne capabilities can be used on both manned and unmanned airborne military platforms including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and to boost emergency disaster response," said John Ratigan, President of iGT. "By validating the integration of iGT's Evolution Satellite Router with advanced Ka-band satellites and the low-profile AMCAS antenna, the stage has been set for secure broadband communications from airborne assets in the mobile battlefield."
With more than 380 high-capacity Evolution and previous generation iNFINITI satellite hubs, deployed for the U.S. DoD and more than 1,000 commercially deployed hubs with complete global coverage, iGT's satellite IP solutions are used for critical communications. These communications range from force protection, logistics, situational awareness, disaster recovery and emergency response.