Happy New Year to our Guardian Mobility blog subscribers!  2009 is shaping up to be a very busy and least I say, interesting year with lots of new product development to keep me busy on the marketing front.  To start this interesting year Guardian will be exhibiting at the largest helicopter show currently on the planet – Helicopter Association International - HELI-EXPO 2009.  The “big shew” as Ed Sullivan would say, (I just dated myself big time!) is being held in Anaheim, California, February 22 to 24th.  Not a bad first gig during the mid-winter blahs not to mention deep freeze in Ottawa.  Did I mention that a record number of Guardian staffers will be tending the booth this year!

Guardian has exhibited at HELI-EXPO for the past 4 years showcasing our company and our flight tracking units as they’ve continued to evolve in technology and the ever changing customer needs.  2008 – Houston, Texas had 565 exhibitors including 65 aircraft & mock ups filling more that 639,000 gross square feet and exceeded 17,000 aviation professional attendees.  HELI-EXPO has been a successful endeavor in the past and this year we’re busting out with a larger booth presence to introduce and showcase our newest flight tracking unit, SKYTRAX 3i.v2 which now offers as standard features, “ping” and remote programming “on the fly”.  Our new Trax Mobile application that enables you to know where your aircraft are from anywhere you have cellular or WiFi connectivity – exciting stuff!   Stay tuned for further details on these latest Guardian children.

Our engineers at Guardian have been extremely busy continually taking flight tracking and asset management to the max. We’ve got quite the medley of flight tracking solutions to offer a wide range of aircraft management tools from single operators to fleets, fixed wing to small jets and rotary, surveillance to sight-seeing and flight schools.  I constantly hear calls from clients to our technical support requesting individual or “custom” adjustments to better suit their operational requirements and that is another feature that makes Guardian different from the rest…..we’ve got the SOLUTIONS and the capabilities and in-house technical support to custom fit our products to the end users needs.  One product does not always fit all.

Anyway, back to HELI-EXPO 2009!  We’re in booth #3181.   If you plan to attend, do stop by and say hello and check into what we’ve been up to!  Guardian Mobility BOOTH # 3181.  If you do go to HELI-EXPO 2009, drop us a line and share your experience and thoughts on what you found…we’d like to hear!

HELI-EXPO 2009    February 22-24, 2009    Anaheim Convention Centre    Anaheim, California

http://www.heliexpo.com/

 Stay tuned, stay warm and stay safe.

Barb Priestley, Marketing Coordinator

Guardian Mobility will be showcasing the new Iridium Skytrax3i and Skytrax3xi along with our new extended product line:Flightcell DZM at the ALEA Conference and Trade Show in Houston TX - July 16 to 18th.  Stop by Guardian booth # 738 for a demonstration of our newest flight tracking products. 

July 14, 2008, Ottawa, Canada:  Guardian Mobility, the company that pioneered the use of low cost, easy to use, portable devices for aircraft tracking, has announced the introduction of its first new products designed to operate with the Iridium satellite system. 

SKYTRAX 3i and SKYTRAX 3xi

Both products share the same electronics hub, containing a GPS receiver and an Iridium modem providing global coverage for aircraft tracking.   The unit is powered by any 12V to 28V power input. The enclosure is FAR 25.853 compliant, small in size, easy to carry or easy to permanently install. It’s one of the lightest products in the industry.

Choice of Configurations - Portable and Fixed External Antenna

SKYTRAX 3i is provided with one small GPS and one Iridium antenna. Designed to be mounted internally, it is ideal for helicopters and many other fixed-wing aircraft.

SKYTRAX 3xi is provided with a dual mode GPS-Iridium antenna. The antenna is mounted externally on the aircraft skin with an unobstructed view of the sky and with the electronics hub mounted inside. The antenna is TSO144C certified.

Commenting on the announcement, Jean Carr, CEO of Guardian Mobility said the new products create a much larger addressable market for the company.  “This is a significant development for us. These products address an important pent up demand from our existing customers who need expanded satellite coverage. In addition to our traditional markets, these new products will be of interest to a number of new customer segments including business jet market. It is significant that our initial product installations will be used on five continents”

Guardian Mobility provides complete solutions for aircraft tracking, including the device, satellite services, message routing, mapping services, alerting and reporting systems.

Ottawa, Canada and Nelson, New Zealand – February 23, 2008 – Guardian Mobility Corporation and Flightcell International Limited have signed a distribution agreement whereby Guardian will have rights to resell the complete line of Flightcell avionics products, including the versatile Flightcell DZM satellite tracking system, throughout North America.  Flightcell DZM is the world’s most advanced all-in-one communications and tracking hub for commercial and military aviation.  DZM is a panel-mount module with simple user interface that connects to any satellite or cellular phone thereby providing integrated voice communications to the cockpit and to passengers.  The integrated GPS tracking system transmits aircraft positions based on a number of defined settings including time, course change, speed threshold as well as hot-key activation from the cabin in distress situations.

“Many of our customers are requesting more advanced tracking and communication systems for selected aircraft” declared Ian Stewart, head of Guardian’s Aviation Product group.  “We feel that including the DZM product with our current lineup of flight tracking solutions will give us added firepower to expand into the business and military aviation markets”. Guardian will be displaying their complete product line-up this month at Heli-Expo 2008 in Houston, TX.

The Flightcell DZM product will fit seamlessly into Guardian’s existing message management and web mapping services.  It is a premium product; however by making use of existing portable satellite or cellular phones, it is significantly more versatile and lower in cost compared to other installed voice and/or data systems.  The product ships fully compatible with the Iridium 9505/9505A satellite phones supporting voice, SMS and email communications.

According to Hamish Neill, Sales and Marketing Director at Flightcell International, “We look upon Guardian Mobility with their focus on web mapping and reporting services to be a key partner in the flight tracking market in North America but world-wide.  With their on-going sales to military customers, we expect that our ruggedized Military product range will receive added exposure into this highly demanding segment.”

About Flightcell International Limited
Flightcell international has been providing voice and data interfaces into the global aviation market since 1998. Its customer base has expanded across the globe into Military, Industrial, and general Aviation sectors. Flightcell DZM is a compact easily installed smart data and voice system providing pilot programmable global tracking. Hermetically sealed, the lightweight hub is ideal in hostile environments and retains the flexibility to allow Satcoms OFF the aircraft.  Flightcell products are proudly New Zealand designed and manufactured.

Guardian Mobility to Exhibit SkytraxSL Flight Tracking Portable at HELI-EXPO Booth #1343

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Guardian Mobility – Skytrax Division, the leader in affordable flight following, will be unveiling the new slim line portable, SkytraxSL flight tracking device at HELI-EXPO Guardian – Skytrax Booth (#1343). The new SkytraxSL offers advanced design features while continuing to incorporate radio and antenna components in a single compact unit now weighing less than ½ lb. Skytrax offers optimal airtime packages including Maptracs, the very best web-based mapping on the market today. Need AFF? Guardian Skytrax and message processing service is AFF compatible and approved.

Be assured that the Guardian Mobility Technical Support Team will be available for your service requirements over the holiday period.  Santa and his elves “have your back” to ensure a safe and worry free passage through the holiday season. 

For Technical Support call: (613) 225-8885 extension #371 or email: support@guardianmobility.com

All of our staff at Guardian Mobility would like to take this opportunity to extend to all of our good friends and clients

Season’s Greetings, Good Health and Happiness in 2008.

“Special Thanks

The lost Ducks really appreciate Peter Parkinson and the technical people at Guardian Mobility in Ottawa for their efforts to provide us the instructions of “how to fix the fuse” our old tracker and at the same time provide a new unit already programmed and ready to use. Through their efforts we had a replacement unit in Mexico City in less than 24 hours – took a bit longer to get it to Puebla but that’s life.

 A second acknowledgment is for Perry Casson, Medstead/Regina who provided us with the tracker in the first place and exchanged many emails and phone calls helping to get it working and fills in the comments and spaces we left blank, as in from Kerrville to Puebla.

Harold, Lorne and Barb”

Follow the adventures of Barb, Harold and Lorne. If you want to see where they are follow this link. http://wm3.waypointinfo.com/tracker2 username: chile password: 2007

News Release – Guardian Mobility has been granted STC (A37CE) installation approval of the Skytrax 3X GPS tracking system for Cessna 208 and 208B aircraft, ensuring Transport Canada compliance under FAR 23, 1982 (AMT 23-28). 

The addition of the Cessna Caravan adds type certification of Guardian’s new Skytrax 3X to a growing fleet of “workhorse” cargo and passenger aircraft, including the Fairchild Metroliner, that operate in more remote regions of the world.

The Skytrax 3X is a radical new design for aircraft flight following solutions that incorporates integrated radio and antenna components in a single compact unit designed for quick installation on the exterior surface of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.  The units can be custom configured to operate under the specific requirements of any aircraft fleet with no expensive software purchase.  The unit is easy to install and offers optimal airtime packages including Maptracs, the very best web-based mapping on the market today.  Guardian Skytrax and message processing service is AFF compatible and approved.

Guardian Mobility Skytrax continues to develop innovative and affordable GPS tracking solutions for aircraft world-wide.  For additional information on the Skytrax product line, please contact:

Ian W. Stewart, Sales Director, Skytrax
Office: (613) 225-8885 ext: 351 Cell: (613) 277-4554
istewart@guardianmobility.com
   

Ottawa, Ontario – October 24, 2007 – The owner of a high-end offshore sport fishing boat berthed in Key Largo , FL, is feeling much better now that his craft is safely back home after a two-day unauthorized excursion across the Gulf of Mexico. The craft was first reported stolen on October 18 as the on-board GPS tracking unit came to life and started reporting movement while the owner was sound asleep at home. The unit, developed by Guardian Mobility Corporation of Ottawa, Canada and installed by Miami-based, Boat-Track Inc. is designed to transmit GPS locations every 15 minutes to a web-accessible mapping service where detailed movement of the asset is recorded and displayed. The map track showed that the vessel sailed to within one mile of the western coastline of Cuba during the evening of the theft and then mysteriously sat idle 50 miles off the coast the following day. That evening the vessel sailed to Isla Mujeres an island just off the coast of Cancun, Mexico. It was here that the owner, the insurance company and Mexican authorities recovered the boat as it arrived in Mexico.
NBC6 WTVJ picked up the story on October 22 and reported that the South Florida area was being plagued by numerous thefts of high powered offshore vessels over the past few months http://www.nbc6.net/news/14374070/detail.html. A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report recently estimated that boat thefts in Miami-Dade alone were up more than 20 percent from last year and that the majority of these thefts can be linked to Cuban migrant smuggling. U.S. Border Patrol has shown a significant increase in Cuban migrants showing up along the U.S. - Mexico border after being ferried across the Yucatán Channel to Cancún and Isla Mujeres
http://miamipress.wordpress.com/2007/09/27/ghost-shipsboat-thefts-blamed-on-smugglers/.
Anthony Grondin, President of Boat-Track Inc., said “With the rise of boat thefts, using our Guardian-developed tracking service, you’ll know immediately if your boat starts to move without your knowledge plus there will be a better chance of successful recovery by the authorities. It’s also much more cost effective than protecting your boat with multiple layers of physical security”.

About Boat-Track Inc.
Boat-Track Inc. is a Miami based distributor of Guardian Mobility asset tracking devices specializing in marine installations for the protection of customers’ investments. Contact Anthony Grondin at 305-354-3441 or see their web site at www.boat-track.com .

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