Flightcell Press Releases
February 2024
Bristow Group Enhances SAR Capabilities in Norway with Flightcell DZMx and Guardian Mobility G6 Certus 100 Terminal for S-92 Helicopters
February 27, 2024 — Flightcell and Guardian Mobility proudly announce that Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has selected the Flightcell DZMx and Guardian Mobility G6 Certus 100 terminal for its S-92 search and rescue (SAR) helicopters operating in Norway.
The Flightcell DZMx is an innovative and all-in-one satellite and cellular communications system. It’s designed to provide seamless connectivity for aircraft enabling voice, Push-to-Talk, messaging, advanced tracking and exceedances reporting, and real-time data transmission capabilities.
In addition to the Flightcell DZMx, Bristow will deploy Guardian Mobility's G6 Certus 100 terminal, leveraging the Iridium Certus broadband network to deliver global satellite IP data connectivity with low-latency and uplink/downlink (transmission) speeds of up to 88kbps.
The Flightcell DZMx, paired with the Guardian Mobility G6 Certus terminal, integrates cellular and satellite communication technologies for onboard devices such as EFBs, PEDs, medical devices, mission PCs, and video encoding solutions connected with ethernet and/or Wi-Fi. The Flightcell DZMx seamlessly manages the data traffic by prioritizing the terrestrial mobile networks for higher speed and lower cost and automatically switches to the G6 for Iridium Certus 100 satellite services when outside 4G/LTE mobile network coverage.
July 2023
Flightcell add v2track as approved tracking and airtime provider
Flightcell is pleased to announce v2track as a new and approved airtime and tracking provider for its Flightcell DZMx. The Flightcell DZMx is an all-in-one cellular and satellite voice, data, and tracking system whereby the operator can choose their own tracking and airtime provider.
The Flightcell DZMx will integrate with v2track Viewer – a feature-rich cloud-based tracking and asset management platform, giving operators the ability to monitor their assets in real time and to retrieve flight datapost flight at any later date if required.
V2track Viewer is cost effective, and aviation focused and includes many features including advanced messaging, forms, 3D Playback, animated weather overlay, engine data monitoring, status boards and custom reports.
March 2022
Introducing the Flightcell SmartHUB
More than a cockpit recording solution
Flightcell International’s latest innovation provides rotorcraft operators a solution for the increasing global requirement for mandatory cockpit recording. The new product is the Flightcell SmartHUB – a HD video, audio, flight data recorder and access point for USB/IP devices. “Our new SmartHUB is the perfect tool to meet increasing requirements we are observing globally for mandatory cockpit recording, especially for government and public sector rotorcraft operators”, says John Wyllie, Flightcell CEO.