McMurdo: the global SAR company

The McMurdo Group is now comprised of Orolia’s former positioning, tracking and monitoring division and its own its brands Boatracs, Kannad, McMurdo and Techno-Sciences, Inc (TSi), which the company bought last November.

This makes the group the first single vendor provider of end-to-end life saving and tracking solutions, including distress beacons, satellite connectivity infrastructure, monitoring/positioning software and emergency response management.

Jeremy Harrison, president, McMurdo Group, SAR Solutions, said: “McMurdo Group will soon be able to provide the entire COSPAS-SARSAT ecosystem – from the beacons to satellite ground station infrastructure to mission and rescue control centre software – resulting in seamless integration and enhanced performance between the various SAR ecosystem components.”

The McMurdo Group says it will now focus on three key strategic areas: Search and Rescue – improving the rescue chain to further expedite recovery times; Maritime Domain Awareness – driving convergence of fleet/vessel management, intrusion detection and coastal surveillance solutions to improve operations and enhance security and Technology Partner Solutions – integrating technology, componentry and software platforms into third-party solutions to extend SAR and MDA systems into new markets and geographies.