Iridium's Operation Arctic Lynx shows remote communications capabilities

MCLEAN, VA – Satcom company Iridium Communications this week announced Operation Arctic Lynx (OAL), which it says is “a series of partnership-driven field exercises deploying Iridium and Iridium Connected technologies and involving more than 20 organizations, primarily focused above 60 degrees north latitude and stretching as far as 82 degrees north latitude.” Taking place between June 11 and June 26, 2021, OAL involves an international contingent of organizations including existing Iridium customers like the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. federal agencies, Alaska state and local organizations, Canadian government organizations, scientific research organizations and multiple aerospace industry companies. The operation will...