Surveillance & Maritime News for September 2025

Intellian Technologies, Inc., the global technology and solutions provider for satellite communications launches the C200M and C200L terminals for use on Iridium Certus® 200, the award-winning, multi-service platform. These global L-band solutions provide robust connectivity for land and maritime markets.  Iridium Certus 200 service The Iridium Certus 200 service has pole-to-pole coverage and offers Iridium’s unique capabilities in small, cost-effective terminals. It keeps you...

This International Women’s Day, Nor-Shipping would like to take the opportunity to celebrate and support the increasing influence and achievements of women in shipping and the ocean industries. Although still under-represented in the broader industry (with only around 2% of seafarers female), Sidsel Norvik, Nor-Shipping Director, says momentum is growing for increased diversity and inclusion, especially on land. “Talent is talent, regardless of gender,” says Sidsel Norvik, a...

Intellian Technologies Inc., a global provider of resilient multi-constellation, feature-rich satellite user terminals and communications solutions, unveils their latest Electronically Scanned Array (ESA) technology at Satellite 2023, in Washington, D.C. Intellian’s flat panel user terminal portfolio includes solutions designed to operate across fixed enterprise, land mobility, maritime, government and defence sectors. The full-duplex ESA user terminal will operate on the OneWeb satellite...

Intellian Technologies, a major global provider of multi-constellation, feature-rich, future-proof satellite user terminals and communications solutions, has announced the opening of their new Advanced Development Center (ADC) in Maryland, USA. Situated in the heart of what’s known as ‘Satellite Valley’, with many key satellite network partners close by, the ADC is the main design and engineering hub for Intellian’s flat panel antenna and terminal technologies. With ev...

Intellian, a globally renowned provider of future-proof satellite communications solutions, has opened their second state-of-the-art facility in South Korea to meet customer demands and growth as a business. This facility will significantly increase Intellian’s production capacity, powering their growth trajectory as they look to the next stage of development. The new 20, 575 sq. m. campus gives Intellian unparalleled product availability for maritime, land and government markets. Flat...

They are in many ways similar to land-based cellular communications - it's really the distance involved and the customer locations that make the technology complex. For the satellite operator, the equivalent of a cell tower is a satellite, which can be located up to 36,000km away or travelling at more than 20 times the speed of sound. The customer, meanwhile, might be on land anywhere in the world, or mid-ocean on a pitching, rolling vessel. Staying connected requires a highly engineered antenn...

Following a successful co-development phase, Intellian is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with leading content and connectivity satellite service provider SES to supply user terminals for SES’s high performance O3b mPOWER communications system. O3b mPOWER will extend and develop SES’s existing Ka-band Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) services, delivering low latency, high bandwidth connectivity at speeds ranging from tens of megabits to multiple gigabits per second...

Intellian is pleased to confirm that its newly-launched v45C antenna has been qualified for operation on the Intelsat FlexMaritime network. By combining Intellian’s compact, high-performance antenna with Intelsat’s cutting-edge FlexMaritime High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service, this approval will deliver global connectivity to customers in the smallest package available to date. HTS technology The v45C has been developed to bring VSAT to new markets where there is limited space...

Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, has unveiled the completed upgrade to its Network Operations Centre (NOC) at SD World Headquarters in Melbourne, FL. With an increased footprint, the addition of cutting-edge technology and the installation of an impressive 72x10ft digital wall displaying real-time global customer connectivity activity, the enhanced NOC provides SD customers with significantly augmented customer and product support. Evolution of the operations cent...

Intellian is proud to announce the launch of the next generation of its v240M dual-band 2.4m antenna and Intelligent Mediator. Together, the new v240M Gen-II and Intelligent Mediator Gen-II enable auto-switching between C- and Ku-band communications, GEO and MEO satellite tracking, and management of up to eight antennas and modems. Best-in-class RF performance The antenna can be easily adapted to Ka-band for tri-band operation if required Developed from the v240M – the world’s fi...

Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, is delivering high-speed connectivity to the world’s first VVIP Airbus ACJ320neo. Acropolis Aviation, the UK-based VVIP charter operator selected SD for its ability to deliver a custom-made connectivity solution that can meet the demanding needs of crew and passengers on board the definitive executive airliner, while also supporting and enhancing ground operations. SD hardware and software A combination of SD hardware and sof...

Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, is launching a new webinar series to ensure customers remain continually informed and updated about SD products, services, and partner relationships. Grouped by product category, the inaugural webinars will explain the latest SD updates and product enhancements by delivering content created in direct response to customer queries and information requests. SD Xperience portfolio The agendas incorporate themes that are relevant and es...