Antenna

  • 50 Enterprise Center
    Middletown, RI 02842
    Tel: (401) 851-3824
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.kvh.com
    President & CEO: Martin Kits van Heyningen

     

    The Company:
    KVH Industries is a manufacturer of solutions that provide global high-speed Internet, television, and voice services via satellite to mobile users at sea and on land. These solutions include the mini-VSAT Broadband network, TracPhone satellite communications antenna systems, and TracVision satellite television antenna systems. KVH is based in Middletown, RI, with research, development, and manufacturing operations in Middletown, RI, and Tinley Park, IL. KVH’s mission is to connect in-motion customers, which include commercial and recreational vessels of all sizes around the world, with the same digital services they rely on in their homes and offices.
     
    The Case:
    KVH Industries, Inc., is an innovator and provider of broadband connectivity and satellite TV antenna systems for vessels around the world. KVH has manufactured more than 190,000 mobile satellite antennas, and its mini-VSAT Broadband service is the market share leader in maritime VSAT. KVH recently introduced IP-MobileCast, a content delivery service utilizing multicasting technology to meet the rapidly rising demand for news, entertainment, and operations content at sea. The KVH Media Group is the maritime industry’s leading provider of commercially licensed news, sports, music, and movies, and KVH’s Videotel is a leader in maritime e-Learning. As an innovator in satellite antenna technology, KVH also holds numerous patents for its products. A recent patent was received for its TracVision HD11 polarization device, and its TracVision TV3 marine antenna holds several design patents. KVH’s share of the industry’s 11,000 activated maritime VSAT terminals is 26%, up from 16% two years ago, and double that of its next closest competitor.

    The Product Line:   
    KVH’s extensive array of satellite communications and TV antenna systems for in-motion vessels includes the TracPhone satellite communications antenna hardware. The advanced TracPhone V-IP antenna systems, designed and optimized by KVH for the mini-VSAT Broadband service, include the TracPhone V11-IP, a 1.1 meter diameter, dual-mode C/Ku-band antenna for global VSAT connectivity; the TracPhone V7-IP, a 60 cm diameter enterprise-grade antenna for Ku-band service worldwide; and the TracPhone V3-IP, a 37 cm diameter Ku-band antenna that is the world’s most compact maritime VSAT antenna. All three TracPhone V-IP systems include the Integrated CommBox Modem (ICM), a streamlined belowdecks unit that replaces the need for a rack full of components and integrates all antenna control, onboard network management, and modem functions in one small box. KVH’s TracVision products are fully stabilized marine satellite television antenna systems designed to provide superior performance, including HDTV, for worldwide satellite TV entertainment at sea and for high-definition service worldwide. Beyond this, the IP-MobileCast service delivers large amounts of content to many ships at once, overcoming the prohibitively high satellite communications costs. The service enables seafarers in the middle of the ocean to have affordable access to daily digital newspapers, television news, sports updates, music, and movies. The service also provides operational content such as electronic chart updates, high-resolution weather data, and e-Learning maritime training.



    (As published in the August 2014 edition of Marine News - http://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeNews)

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  • Trimble Navigation, Sunnyvale, Calif., has introduced another innovative GPS product: integrated GPS receiver and antenna in one unit. The Acutis® GPS is a complete three-channel GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver and antenna, integrated into a rugged, weatherproof case that mounts like

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  • MT Sep-23#47  
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    the state-of-the-art MEMS technol- and can perform multiple dives per day. ogy. Combining MEMS tactical inertial sensors with a quad-constellation, dual-antenna GNSS receiver, The New AURORA-90 & AURORA-100 series Ekinox Micro is a choice for mission-critical applica- SEAmagine is completing its ? rst vessel

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    energy within the same footprint as thecur- Gaps M3 is equipped with a 3D, 4-hydrophone acoustic rent sources. The HMS-620HP is the same footprint as antenna which provides maximum 200° aperture, along the standard 18” / 46cm source. The HMS-620LFHP with new telemetry features, enabling advanced acoustic

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    customized connectors feature a 75O RF contact in a 50O footprint for to serve the burgeoning offshore wind sector on the U.S. HD/SD video, shortwave antennas, or low-power RF need- Eastern Seaboard. To reduce survey mobilization costs, ing minimal signal attenuation. BIRNS 1B ultra-low-loss Shackleford

  • MT Sep-23#10  and 
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    heading ries renowned features, the Gaps M3 is accuracy of up to 0.01°RMS, ac- equipped with a 3D, 4-hydrophone acous- cording to the manufacturer. tic antenna which provides maximum Maxime Le Roy, INS Prod- uct Manager at Exail, said “the 200° aperture, along with new telem- etry features, enabling advanced

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    Marine Evacu- Ku/Ka electronically switching dual- plans to collaborate on a ? eet of ammo- ation System (MES) Life Ark, a helical band multi-orbit VSAT antennas, with nia fueled bulk carriers. The pair signed slide-based MES for small to medium- the addition of the X100D and X150D. an agreement on the

  • MT Jan-23#41  
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    , and navi- gation across subsea, marine, land and air applications. Boreas D70 combines closed-loop DFOG and accelerometer technologies with a dual antenna RTK GNSS receiver. These are coupled with Advanced Navigation’s AI based fusion algorithm to deliver accurate and precise navigation. The system

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    support Accurate USBL positioning and data transfers, just unfold and deploy: THE USBL BUOY the all-in-one device features a modem with USBL AVAILABLE antenna, AHRS, GNSS and on-board PC with NOW positioning softrware, all ready go in minutes. [email protected] EvoLogics.de MTR JulyAug2022 Covers 2,3 and

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    combines closed-loop DFOG and acceler- forces operations, REMUS 620 features a a wide operational acoustic bandwidth ometer technologies with a dual antenna modular, open architecture design to facili- capability; 600 to 900kHz which is fully RTK GNSS receiver. These are coupled tate seamless payload

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    support Accurate USBL positioning and data transfers, just unfold and deploy: THE USBL BUOY the all-in-one device features a modem with USBL AVAILABLE antenna, AHRS, GNSS and on-board PC with NOW positioning softrware, all ready go in minutes. [email protected] EvoLogics.de MTR JulyAug2022 Covers 2,3 and

  • MT Sep-22#47  of two, 70cm-
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    been a goal for Canada’s Cellula Robotics – and this summer it got its Indian Arm Inlet, including trailing deployment of two, 70cm- long (including antenna) micro-AUVs from the Solus-LR system into the water. Its goal is to get to 2,000 km endurance while submerged and underway, all powered by the fuel

  • MT Sep-22#33  – Iridum had an 
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  • MT Jul-22#3rd Cover  a modem with USBL 
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    July 2022 - Marine Technology Reporter page: 3rd Cover

    support Accurate USBL positioning and data transfers, just unfold and deploy: THE USBL BUOY the all-in-one device features a modem with USBL AVAILABLE antenna, AHRS, GNSS and on-board PC with NOW positioning softrware, all ready go in minutes. [email protected] EvoLogics.de MTR JulyAug2022 Covers 2,3 and

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    was loaned to AutoNaut, power was caused by a low ‘bridge’ ? tted instead of the usual for which we are grateful. It comprised: sprung mast, carrying antenna, AIS, weather station, radar • Nortek Signature500 ADCP, ? tted through the hull transponder and nav light. The thinking had been that in South-

  • MN Jun-22#30  a satellite communications antenna. Operationally it 
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    Feature Comms mal: a satellite communications antenna. Operationally it just needs an active airtime account. Collins said that with KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband satellite network “each ves- sel can choose a particular airtime package, i.e., amount of data, for their needs, such as email, crew Internet, etc.

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    mimicked real lobster movements to negotiate all types of sa innovation of all time, she noted two – both military products coastal terrain. The plastic antennas sensed obstacles; the eight – that were featured nationally in TIME magazine. legs propelled it in any direction; the two claws and tail kept it

  • MT Jan-22#48  GNSS receiver, cutting edge antenna design and algo-
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    is limited visibility of the sky and in the pres- ence of RF interference. This is achieved through a new multi- frequency GNSS receiver, cutting edge antenna design and algo- rithm improvements. The updated GNSS Compass supports L1/L2 RTK position- Photo courtesy Advanced Navigation ing and heading using

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    helps improve the safety, effective- ing located in Fairbanks. systems engineer, got the idea for the ness and ef? ciency of the Sikuliaq’s “We have antennas located in places map server while working aboard the voyages. The National Science Foun- like Interior Alaska and the technology USCGC Healy

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    by clouds. How it works There’s also the bene? t of GINA being located in Fairbanks. Satellite imagery is acquired by two fundamental types of “We have antennas located in places like Interior Alaska and sensors: passive and active. Passive sensors monitor radiation in speci? c wavelengths the technology

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    awareness and decision and satellite TV systems, using state- and the corrosive marine environment. making with straightforward, unclut- of-the-art RF antenna technology. Phoenix’s LED lighting reduces costly tered displays and controls that pro- With the launch of its compact range, maintenance and improves

  • MN Oct-21#58  top providers of satellite antennas and terminals, 
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    monitoring, diagnostics and tracking. Intellian Technologies Founded in 2004, Intellian Technologies is one of the world’s top providers of satellite antennas and terminals, with a mission to empower connectivity for the world. A 58 | MN October 202