JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 29, 2022) Tactical Training Group Pacific Quantitative Fleet Feedback Project Lead Jim Bounds, right, from the Performance Assessment Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, and French Navy Petty Officer Emmanuel Checco, assigned to French Navy Floreal-Class frigate FS Prairial (F731), install an Iridium Tracker Unit Beyond Line-of-Sight tracker system aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 29. The system supplies telemetry that provides encrypted data for utilizing the Defense Information System Agency Iridium Enha
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (June 29, 2022) Tactical Training Group Pacific Quantitative Fleet Feedback Project Lead Jim Bounds, right, from the Performance Assessment Department of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division, and French Navy Petty Officer Emmanuel Checco, assigned to French Navy Floreal-Class frigate FS Prairial (F731), install an Iridium Tracker Unit Beyond Line-of-Sight tracker system aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 29. The system supplies telemetry that provides encrypted data for utilizing the Defense Information System Agency Iridium Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services and was installed in preparation for Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.
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