Red Bull Air Race World Championship

As providers of HD capability to Riedel Communications, the official global supplier for the Red Bull Air Race, Cobham Surveillance (GMS Products) was tasked with providing COFDM RF links for an onboard camera solution to deliver stunning POV live pictures directly from the pilot's perspective.

Riedel Communications, a leading manufacturer and service provider of communications and signal distribution solutions, had a number of special demands for this solution. Firstly, it had to provide broadcast quality video suitable for local audience and global television viewing and low end-to-end encoding latency. The solution also needed to be able to handle G-forces, intense shock and vibration and still provide drop-out free transmission of HD video during the most extreme maneuvers at over 280 miles per hour.

The solution supplied by Cobham Surveillance (GMS Products) incorporated:

1. M2T - Compact COFDM Transmitter
2. VEPA-10W - Linearized Power Amplifier
3. MSR - 6 Input COFDM Receiver
4. M2D - Decoder

Red Bull Air Race