Helix’s CTO Oliver Leisten and Operations Director Miro Blicharz showcased our new Iridium Certus Antenna to the Iridium Partner Network.
The unique compact size of the Iridium Certus Antenna makes it an ideal choice for the aviation and personal communications sector. The event has provided an opportunity for partners to network and connect with companies that offer unique Iridium Connected® products and solutions.
Oliver, had the opportunity to speak directly with Iridium’s CTO Carsten Thomsen regarding the SWaP of the Helix Certus antenna and discussed potential applications.
The Helix team would like to thank Iridium for hosting the event.
Helix focuses on high performance antenna technology for Iridium satellite communications and resilient PNT (Position, Navigation and Timing). With variants for GPS, Galileo GNSS constellations and the Iridium LEO satcomms constellation, Helix antennas are multifrequency resonant devices with tightly targeted frequency discrimination. They utilise multiple helical conductor filaments on a high dielectric constant ceramic core. The selective nature of the design assures integrity of data delivered to the receiver enabling positional accuracy to 10cm to be computed, and high levels of resilience against environmental and deliberate disruption. The helical antenna resonance means that troublesome reflected signals, typical of modern cities’ ‘urban canyons’ are ignored, while the on-frequency accuracy makes the system resilient to ‘noisy neighbour’ spectrum interference and deliberate jamming. All this comes in a compact and robust form factor light enough for drones and small enough for vehicle aesthetics. Using this best-in-class antenna technology enables the CRPx anti-jamming/spoofing systems deliver the optimum defence against malicious attempts to undermine satellite navigation and communications with the best SWaP-C.
