STEVENSVILLE, MD – (April 2014) Baltimore County Emergency Management’s Mobile Command Vehicle has recently been upgraded by PEAKE. PEAKE has increased the MCV’s capability by installing a new 1-meter auto-acquire VSAT antenna, giving Baltimore County EMA the ability to communicate when traditional means are unavailable.Along with the installation of the new Explorer 7100 Drive Away Antenna, PEAKE also integrated a new iDirect Evolution X5 modem into the MCV infrastructure. The X5 is designed specifically to support mission-critical applications and enables the network to support higher data rates and greater traffic volumes to meet increased demand.Utilizing PEAKE Tactical-IP™ VSAT service, the BC-EMA MCV can be set-up in moments and can achieve connectivity speeds of up to 5Mb/s download and 2Mb/s upload anywhere in the continental United States. This VSAT uplink ensures communication throughout a deployment even as other forms of communication (cellular, landlines, etc) are unavailable or overloaded. This upgrade to Tactical-IP will give Baltimore County Emergency Management a solution that integrates voice-over-IP, Video (Surveillance and Conferencing) and other high speed data communications.The VSAT installation and upgrade to Tactical-IP satellite service provides Baltimore County with increased capability when responding or deploying to an incident or event.[Best_Wordpress_Gallery id="56" gal_title="4-23-2014"]