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MetOcean Telematics has secured a five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement valued at approximately $10 million USD to supply its Iridium Self Locating Datum Marker Buoy (iSLDMB) to the United States Coast Guard.
The NATO A-size compliant buoy is specifically engineered to meet demanding search and rescue performance standards in open ocean environments. Designed as a rugged, cost-efficient, and expendable asset, the iSLDMB can be rapidly deployed by air or sea into targeted ocean regions. Once in the water, it tracks surface drift patterns and delivers essential sea surface temperature and real-time positioning data directly to response teams, significantly sharpening search planning and reducing overall operation times.
Equipped with an integrated GPS receiver and an Iridium bi-directional satellite transceiver, the iSLDMB leverages global, low-latency communications to send mission-critical telemetry from any location on Earth. The data feeds into MetOcean’s cloud-based LiNC platform, allowing operators to remotely monitor asset positions, analyze historical movement, and send two-way commands to deployed units in real time.
Amanda Martens, Business Development at MetOcean Telematics, commented, “We are pleased that the United States Coast Guard has selected the MetOcean iSLDMB as part of its Search and Rescue operations. For decades, MetOcean has supported coast guards and defence organizations around the world with trusted buoy solutions for critical missions. This agreement reflects the reliability, quality, and operational value of the iSLDMB, and we look forward to supporting the USCG and its personnel for years to come.”
The contract reinforces MetOcean’s broader defence and maritime safety portfolio, building on its history of delivering satellite-enabled, ruggedized technology built on the Iridium ecosystem to navies and maritime security agencies worldwide.
