Spacenet Drives Solutions To Emergency Situations

When it comes to disaster recovery and first-responder action, a vehicle outfitted with all of the necessary communication equipment is mandatory. To ensure such is part of their role in emergency events, Spacenet Inc. has intro’d their new mobile Emergency Communications Vehicle, which serves as a transportable command post typically deployable in ten minutes or less to provide converged data, voice and video communications. Spacenet debuted the vehicle at a recent event near Washington D.C.




Although most vehicles the size of a Sport Utility Vehicle or larger can be used for emergency response vehicles, Spacenet’s vehicle is based on a GM H2 Hummer. Spacenet’s ECV can include a fully integrated high-performance satellite communications link; LAN (Local Area Network) communications gear including a digital phone, Land Mobile Radio (LMR) units, laptop PC, and video surveillance equipment; and multiple power interfaces for a generator or other standby power. The satellite link is built around an auto-acquisition antenna mounted to the roof of the vehicle.




With the introduction of its new ECV, Spacenet now provides services to design and produce custom, mobile satellite-communications systems incorporated into vehicles for disaster recovery and first-responder organizations. The equipment can be connected to Spacenet’s high-performance Connexstar satellite service or to other private services—McLean, Virginia