Aerospace Communications for Emergency Applications Recent advancements and trends in the use of aerospace communications for emergency rescue applications are discussed, as are integration of aerospace facilities with terrestrial backbones and networks.

In this paper, the current trends and the most recent advancements in the utilization of aerospace commu- nications for emergency rescue applications will be discussed, with a special focus on the integration of the aerospace seg- ment with terrestrial backbones and ad hoc terrestrial net- works for both data connections and assisted localization (information about position is essential in emergency relief).

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