Ground Control

Ground Control is a leading provider of proven satellite communications and assured PNT solutions for defense, government and security applications, providing reliable, resilient and secure connectivity in the most hostile and contested of environments.

The company’s military-grade products ensure operational continuity and enhanced decision-making, and have supported NATO-aligned forces, national security agencies and defense primes for over 20 years.

Assured PNT Solutions

Ground Control’s assured PNT (position, navigation and timing) products utilize resilient and cryptographically secure signals from LEO satellites, allowing defense forces to operate even in the face of GPS-denied conditions such as interference, jamming, and spoofing attacks.

These mission-critical PNT solutions ensure operational continuity for manned and unmanned military vehicles as well as naval and merchant vessels, enabling assured and reliable situational awareness, navigation and monitoring.

Product Highlights:

RockBLOCK APNT
This rugged self-contained unit is ideal for quick integration into UxVs, compact military equipment, and remote sensors, utilizing the Iridium PNT service to provide trusted and resilient location data under challenging GNSS-denied conditions.

RockFLEET Assured
This marine-grade smart antenna provides vessel crews and fleet operators with assured positioning via Iridium PNT and two-way messaging via Iridium Messaging Transport, featuring configurable reporting, integrity alerts, and optional chart views.

Mission-Critical Military SATCOM Systems

RockSTAR handheld SATCOM units offer defense forces crucial beyond-line-of-sight messaging and tracking capabilities, without needing to rely on terrestrial networks or RF. The compact and lightweight devices provide secure communications virtually anywhere on Earth, and are ideal for special operations personnel, remote security patrols, and maritime boarding teams.

Product Highlights:

RockSTAR
Offering truly global tracking and communication, this rugged waterproof device transmits regular position updates over Iridium, and also connects to Bluetooth-paired devices to relay short messages such as SMS and emails.

RockSTAR Burst
Provides ultra-reliable global encrypted paging through Iridium Burst, and is ideal for emergency and disaster management situations

Resilient UxV Command & Control

Ground Control’s low-SWaP SATCOM terminals provide mission-critical real-time command, control and communications for military and tactical UAVs, UGVs and unmanned systems, ensuring mission success in contested battlefield environments.

Enabling telemetry, command, and payload data transfer beyond the reach of RF or cellular networks, these compact terminals enhance the capabilities of BVLOS and autonomous drone operations, and are ideal for tactical ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), border security, search and rescue, maritime patrol, and more.

Product Highlights:

RockREMOTE UAV
A compact and lightweight Iridium Certus® 100 terminal that can be easily integrated into a range of tactical UAV platforms, and offers 22 kbps up / 88 kbps down for real-time C2, telemetry, and payload data transfer

RockREMOTE UAV OEM
This ultra-light board-level Iridium Certus® 100 terminal connects directly to UxV mission computers, and is ideal as a primary C2 channel, or as a SATCOM failover capability in challenging communications environments

RockBLOCK 9603
Iridium Short Burst Data (SBD)-based satellite transceiver for simple missions and critical redundancy, providing small UxV with an ultracompact primary and backup C2 capability

RockBLOCK 9704
Iridium Messaging Transport (IMT)-based satellite transceiver for short bidirectional messaging, highly suited for small unmanned platforms and BVLOS contingency

Remote Tracking & Management

Cloudloop is a fleet management solution and C2 data orchestration layer that seamlessly supports Ground Control’s SATCOM and APNT products entirely through easy-to-use APIs, providing a wide range of capabilities that enhance the effectiveness of the devices in contested and hostile environments. The platform encompasses a number of different components:

• Cloudloop Data provides unified management and routing of SATCOM-delivered telemetry, PNT data, alerts, and mission messages from varied devices and deployed assets. Supporting mission workflows such as BVLOS C2 telemetry feeds and ISR sensor data ingestion, it enables seamless integration with a range of different defence systems.
• Cloudloop Device Manager enables easy remote management and live status monitoring of forward-deployed SATCOM devices, Users can push firmware updates, run remote diagnostics, trigger reboots, and perform configuration changes without the need for physical access to hardware, thus reducing the maintenance burden for units operating in remote or austere environments.
• Cloudloop Tracking provides real-time and historical positional awareness of dismounted personnel, vehicles, vessels, and unmanned systems, delivering this data to command centres, tactical operations rooms, and mission coordinators. The system offers a wide range