The French Navy, backed by DataHertz and Steatite Communications, deployed mobile ad hoc networking (Manet) company Persistent’s Wave Relay network during the Olympic games for maritime domain awareness.
French Law Enforcement and military units used the Wave Relay network to pass real-time text and geolocation data throughout the Marseilles Marina.
Persistent claimed the network, which doesn’t rely on LTE or infrastructure, was outfitted on vessels and shore infrastructure.
Persistent also announced its infrastructure-based regional operation network (Iron) solution has been deployed in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Nato allies in the Baltic region.
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Iron links tower-based antennas and ship-based data radios to facilitate surveillance and tracking of maritime activity.
"Forces at sea and on the ground passed key information across the network to Delta Suite (French Command and Control application) to provide increased coastal security to the French maritime authorities (CECMED)," concludes DataHertz director of business development Olivier Escaffre.