FORT LAUDERDALE, FL-Cobham Beacon Solutions - ACR Products has
announced the launch of a new subscription-based satellite self
test service, 406Link.com,
now available to current and new owners of 406 MHz Personal Locator
Beacons (PLBs), Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs), and
Emergency Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs).
Available in two service plans, 406Link.com now gives those
owning 406 MHz emergency beacons the ability to send non-distress
messages for the first time via text/e-mail to family and friends,
letting them know that all is OK.
Priced affordably from just $39.99 (annual subscription)
subscribers to the 406Link.com service, for example, will have
access to ACR's unique thru-the-satellite self-test application for
PLBs, ELTs, and EPIRBs, which ensures the beacon is performing
properly via transmission and satellite confirmation, ultimately
sending a text and e-mail message to the beacon's owner.
The 406Link.com Beacon Management program, applicable to all
PLBs, ELTs and EPIRBs that have an external antenna, also includes
battery replacement reminders, self-test and activation history,
providing trip plans to family and friends and account
management.
Joseph Mentz, General Manager for Cobham Life Support's ACR
Products line (formerly ACR Electronics Inc.), a Fort
Lauderdale-based global safety and survival technologies company
said:
"Cobham manufactures the most reliable and robust satellite
detectible emergency devices in the world and has products that can
contact search and rescue forces in a matter of minutes and through
onboard GPS can accurately pinpoint location up to 100 meters. We
can now provide a non-emergency, unique web-based solution that
gives friends and family the peace of mind that comes with knowing
the sender is OK."
An upgraded service, 406Link Plus, will provide users with the
self-test application system described above, plus the added
features of multiple text and e-mail messaging, trip planning, and
GPS test location (must have the ACR PLB AquaLink View/SARLink View
to use this function). The upgraded 406Link.com plan is priced at
$59.99 (annual subscription).
The 406Link.com coverage includes North and South American land
masses and most of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans including
Hawaii, allowing both beacon owners on land as well as those at sea
to use the service. Unlike cell phones and two-way radios, the
system utilizes two geosynchronous GEOSAR satellites to provide
dependable coverage.
With over 54 years of ACR ingenuity and engineering built-in as
standard features, all ACR PLBs and EPIRBs use the same reliable
signalling technology that has saved nearly 28,000 lives worldwide
since 1982.
For more information on the services, contact Scott Morgan at
scott.morgan@cobham.com or go to www.406Link.com. ACR Electronics
information is available at www.acrelectronics.com.
About Cobham Life Support
Cobham Beacon Solutions is a world leader in life
support and personal survival equipment for use under extreme
conditions including oxygen systems for aviators and astronauts,
crew restraints, flotation gear, emergency beacons and crew and
cargo release systems.
About Cobham
Cobham's products and services have been at the heart of
sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 75 years,
keeping people safe, improving communications, and enhancing the
capability of land, sea, air and space platforms. The Company has
four divisions employing some 12,000 people on five continents,
with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual
revenue of some £1.9bn / $3 billion.
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Posted On October 28, 2010
