The intelligence you demand at the speed they need
Air-IQ enables ISR operators to transmit high volumes of data from numerous aircraft sensors. By seamlessly shifting from low to high throughput, Air-IQ supports bandwidth-hungry and time-critical applications that can make a difference between success and failure.
Air-IQ meets the demands of the mission around the globe.
Flexible intelligence for smarter ISR operations
Air-IQ flexes around your needs. You can manage multiple aircraft through a single contract, with user-defined regional uplink prioritization for greater commercial efficiency.
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“We wanted to take the complexity out of ISR connectivity so users can focus on what really matters – enhancing situational awareness and gaining advantage on the battlefield. Air-IQ offers a robust, reliable, and flexible connectivity service that’s designed to adapt to the needs of the mission and deliver the speed and performance required for real-time mission communications.”
Connectivity that changes on demand
From take-off to landing, Air-IQ enables seamless switching to deliver the most suitable, on-demand return throughput capability.
Your ISR platform has a global baseline capability upon take-off, which is enhanced as it moves closer to the region of operation. And when the mission is completed, Air-IQ rolls back to either regional or global packages for the remainder of the non-critical journey.
Air-IQ's tailored ISR capability across mission cycle.
Maximum resilience for maximised mission success
Our services provide guaranteed service levels with unlimited data and, thanks to multiple layers of fallback, connectivity certainty wherever your platforms fly:
- L-MAX: a high-bandwidth, managed private leasing solution utilising L-Band, designed for even the smallest platforms.
- G2X Air Plus and G2X: up to three times the baseline GX CIR return within user-defined regions. Terminals seamlessly roam between a higher on-mission throughput and then back to global connectivity service when off mission.
- K-MAX: provides return link bandwidth up to ten times the baseline GX CIR return and beyond, using either on-net or off-net capacity to deliver an extra layer of connectivity and performance, with G2X Air Plus as a tiered fallback.
Your priorities are our focus
Air-IQ provides the flexibility to access higher bandwidth for more sophisticated mission requirements.
Committed service levels and resilient communication solutions help improve PACE planning and provide confidence when operating in contested environments.
Air-IQ helps to ensure low probability of intercept/low probability of detection, enabling anti-jamming, data encryption, and network security monitoring.
Increase sovereign capability by augmenting indigenous solutions with Viasat’s compatible commercial terminals and technology.
Maximize cost efficiency by harnessing Air-IQ’s flexible commercial offers, which can be adapted to meet mission needs.
An end-to-end solution
As a truly comprehensive solution, Air-IQ includes airtime service, aircraft fit-out, ground segment, and control platform.
Air-IQ offers three service levels:
- L-MAX: High-speed, regional network service for various platform sizes.
- G2X Air Plus and G2X: Regional connectivity with up to three times GX speeds and flexible roaming capabilities.
- K-MAX: Enhanced connectivity with over ten times the GX speeds and reliable backup options.
Air-IQ offers essential hardware components for aircraft fit-out. Establish an effective mission communication system with an ISR terminal and enhanced G-MODMAN.
The Air-IQ hardware portfolio offers the flexibility to choose the airborne terminal that best fits your ISR platform and makes modem integration easy. You can even incorporate your own preferred modem.
Air-IQ offers a highly secure, dual redundant global infrastructure to support end-to-end connectivity. All ISR traffic is routed, switched, managed, and protected in a fully closed private network.
Operation and management of Air-IQ services is handled via a secure control platform. The Air-IQ digital platform is built on the INVISON software, developed as part of the European Space Agency project.
The solution architecture between ISR platforms/operators and our Viasat satellite network.
