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NOAA Awards Iridium Partner
MetOcean with Five-Year Satcom Contract
May 3, 2022
MetOcean has been awarded
a five-year contract by the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide
Iridium® satellite connectivity. MetOcean will
deliver Iridium satcom voice, data and IoT solutions
to NOAA in support of their mission to understand
changes in climate, weather, ocean, and coasts, and
help conserve and manage coastal and marine
ecosystems and resources.
Through this partnership,
MetOcean is expanding its support of NOAA’s data
telemetry requirements and will help ensure
important information from their ocean
infrastructure is reliably and securely delivered
over the Iridium network. This includes NOAA’s
Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Laboratory,
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory, and Pacific Marine Environmental
Laboratory, for which the company is providing
real-time monitoring and data delivery, even in the
roughest and most remote waters.
“MetOcean has been a highly
reliable, loyal Iridium partner for over two decades
and continues to be committed to ensuring their
clients and partners around the world are getting
the best Iridium satellite connectivity solution for
their needs,” says Bryan Hartin, executive vice
president of sales and marketing at Iridium. “As a
leader in the satellite communications industry, we
are proud to see MetOcean recognized for their
dependability. NOAA can confidently rely on MetOcean
for Iridium connectivity to support their essential
work.”
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