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SAVCOM, LLC has announced a new communications service for business aviation operators and the companies that support them.

SAVCOM (Secure Aviation Communication), provides a communications platform allowing 256-bit end-to-end encrypted phone calls, and encrypted text, audio-video conferencing and file sharing on users’ personal mobile devices such as phones, tablets and electronic flight bags, as well as a desktop browser-based interface.

“We founded SAVCOM on the common sense belief that business aviation operators, flying
expensive equipment with very important passengers and typically representing very large
security-sensitive corporations, must communicate safely and securely at all times as an industry best practice,” said CEO Martin Hamilton.

Hamilton explained that communications methods and open systems used every day by the general public, such as cellular voice, SMS text, email, and free-to-the-public chat apps are not secure. This is especially true of foreign telecom data and voice telephony services, public Wi-Fi and the vulnerability of personal devices that are susceptible to viruses and malware.

Some countries, including Russia and China, no longer allow visitors to establish a VPN (virtual private network) to securely send email or retrieve files remotely. “There are billions of attempts made each day around the globe to steal data and do harm to regular people,” Hamilton said. “Fortune 500 corporations and high-profile and high-net worth individuals are specifically targeted.

“These parties must remain secure and protected when they leave the digital safety net of their
headquarters,” he continued. "SAVCOM removes all these risk variables from the safety and
security equation, and it can be used with any data system around the world.”

SAVCOM maintains client security in such cases through a proprietary, closed, private network
not available to - or accessible by - the general public. The system works with any domestic or
foreign telecom data providers, Internet Service Provider (ISP), public Wi-Fi or aircraft internet
data system.

Clients may set up unique communications groups and one-way broadcasts, allowing
organizations to rapidly disseminate information to the right people at the right time. SAVCOM also offers an encrypted audio-videoconferencing feature that gives users the ability to either schedule a videoconference or have an impromptu meeting with multiple personnel.

A New Standard

There are no browser plug-ins, conference codes, or dial in numbers required and the feature is
built into the user app. Hamilton noted the combination of these tools can actually improve and
streamline a flight department’s operational communications.

“Until now there has been a professional ‘line in the sand’ for most businesses where corporate
email, not personal text, has been the only acceptable means of non-verbal communication,” he explained. “In addition to being incredibly secure, SAVCOM provides a platform that makes text communication professionally acceptable.

“Being present and in-touch, even when crewmembers and management are on opposite sides of the world, is important,” Hamilton continued. “It strengthens the organization, and improves
morale, efficiency and safety.”

SAVCOM also offers potential applications for emergency response plan (ERP) providers and
telemedical services, where the ability to rapidly assemble a team and communicate securely
from multiple locations are keys to responding quickly and effectively, and saving lives.

“Our ultimate goal is to create a business aviation community on this platform where operators
can not only access their service providers securely and easily but can also share information
related to safety and any other issues with their peers from other operations,” Hamilton
concluded. “SAVCOM provides ultimate discretion, but also allows us to create a secure venue
for the exchange of ideas never before possible in our industry.”

More information can be found at: https://www.savcomaero.com

BlueSky Business Aviation News | 13th June 2019 | Issue #514

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