Mercedes-Benz, as part of its newly revamped on-board communications system called Mbrace, offers a Blackberry and iPhone application that allows owners to lock or unlock their vehicles remotely — even if the owner is in New York and the car is in Los Angeles.
But the AC-130 launched early, flew off course, dodging what the inquiry determined was a surface-to-air missile, and experienced a series of on-board communications and sensor system failures largely cutting it off from the ground during the pre-dawn mission.
Today, this on-board communications package connects six million subscribers in North America to OnStar safety and security services.
"I was staying back because I didn't want the on-board communications on the drone to interfere with FDNY or NYPD communications," Eldridge said.
He said that any strategy involving communications at the event also had to take on board the human factor of allowing players to have contact with their families.
Apart from providing the required single-hit and multi-hit ballistic protection to the vehicle occupants, the armor must also possess and retain optical transparency and be compatible with on-board imaging and communications equipment.
On-board computers and satellite communications will enable the operator to reduce fuel consumption and NOX emissions during vessel operations.
With the development of satellite communications, on-board processing (OBP) obtains more and more attentions due to the increased efficiency and performance.
As a consequence, both on-board and space-ground communications are performed using reliable and proven interfaces simplifying the integration of the nano-satellite as well as enabling the use of already existing ground station equipment.
A system enabling simultaneous cooling and board-to-board communications is proposed and analyzed.
On board was a $200m ,12,000lb communications satellite – part of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Internet.org project to deliver broadband access to sub-Saharan Africa.
