Press Release
Issued by Latitude Technologies.
April 2, 2009
Ornge, a leading Canadian medical transport company, has selected Latitude Technologies to provide Iridium services as well as telephone and flight-tracking equipment for Ornge's fleet of Pilatus PC-12 aircraft. Latitude Technologies will outfit the aircraft with its SkyNode S200-021 dual-channel Iridium transceivers. Each aircraft will have multiple command terminals located in the medical cabin as well as on the flight deck. The system will provide flight tracking, text messaging and telematics data capture and transmission. Latitude already supports Ornge's leased fleet of 11 Sikorsky S76A helicopters and four King Air 200 turboprops with SkyNode S200 equipment and LWS Sentinel data management devices. Ornge operates in Canada from more than 20 bases across the province of Ontario and completes approximately 18,000 admissions annually.
TEMSCO Helicopters, an Alaska-based helicopter operator, has also announced plans to refit its entire fleet of more than 50 small- and large-payload helicopters with Latitude's SkyNode S200-021 Iridium satcom equipment for voice and flight-following services. Latitude is supplying a full communication package that includes satellite airtime and secure network interface with Latitude's LWS Sentinel location and telematics data management system. TEMSCO Helicopters is based in Ketchikan, Alaska, and operates year round from five bases in Alaska and one in Texas.