Iridium expanding services to compete with Inmarsat
Satellite communications provider Iridium is inching closer to obtaining ICAO and FAA approvals permitting airlines use of its service for transmitting saf

Satellite communications provider Iridium is inching closer to obtaining ICAO and FAA approvals permitting airlines use of its service for transmitting safety-of-flight messages to ATC on oceanic routes and over the North Pole.

An aeronautical working group consisting of government, industry and airline members has approved Iridium’s plan for providing aeronautical mobile satellite route services (commonly referred to as AMSRS), which now heads to an Arinc standards panel for review.