Mobility

Turkish Cabin Interiors (TCI) will provide an in-flight connectivity solution for Turkish airline AJet, working with Turksat and Hughes Network Systems, the companies announced Wednesday. This collaboration will provide passenger Wi-Fi service to the airline’s fleet of over 120 aircraft. AJet is a subsidiary of Turkish Airlines. It is a low-cost airline operating domestic flights...

SES is launching Open Orbits, an open architecture network to pool capacity from regional satellite operators for a worldwide in-flight connectivity (IFC) service for airlines.  The interoperable Ka-band platform will combine capacity from SES’s multi-orbit fleet, along with NEO Space Group (NSG), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF); AeroSat Link (ASL), a...

Japan Airlines selected Intelsat to provide in-flight connectivity on more than 20 upcoming Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. The aircraft will have multi-orbit service using Intelsat’s new electronically steered array (ESA) antenna. The service will operate on Intelsat’s family of Geostationary (GEO) satellites and partner Eutelsat OneWeb’s constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. In March,...

Hughes Network Systems shared two updates on its in-flight connectivity business on Tuesday, announcing a new Hughes-built electronically steerable antenna (ESA) and an agreement to join the Airbus HBCplus program.  Hughes debuted its own ESA terminal designed for aviation at Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Germany. The company said it is optimized for the...

Satellite technology developer SatixFy Communications will provide its Onyx in-flight connectivity (IFC) terminals to communication solutions integrator SCOTTY Group Austria GmbH under the terms of a new partnership agreement announced Wednesday. SatixFy’s Onyx is an all-in-one, compact satellite communications aero terminal designed for use on small to mid-sized aircraft. The Onyx features SatixFy’s digital beam-forming...

Iridium and Blue Sky Network are supplying the satellite connectivity solution for an uncrewed aerial system (UAS) surveillance operation for oil and gas company Chevron.  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted American Aerospace Technologies (AATI) a first-of-its kind waiver in early May to conduct uncrewed aircraft surveillance on behalf of the Chevron Pipe Line Company...

Carnival Corporation completed deploying Starlink across its entire cruise fleet, the company announced Tuesday. Carnival reports that this is part of a connectivity strategy that quadrupled fleetwide bandwidth since 2019.  The rollout includes more than 90 ships across Carnival Cruise Line, AIDA Cruises, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Seabourn, P&O Cruises, Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises,...

In the maritime sector, for many years, the long-sought “Treasure Island” of connectivity could be summed up in four words: As good as shore. “We would always ask, can we get as good as shore connectivity? Can we have a broadband connection on board the vessel? That’s what we termed as the best connectivity, in...

Intelsat will provide CNH tractors and agricultural machines with ubiquitous internet access under a new deal announced Monday. CNH includes the brands Case IH, Steyr, and New Holland.  Under the new memorandum of understanding, Intelsat and CNH will equip tractors with a ruggedized satcom terminal to provide connectivity in remote locations. Intelsat and CNH plan...

Iridium Communications signed a five-year commercial contract with L3Harris Technologies for the Iridium Satellite Time and Location (STL) service. Iridium signed the agreement on April 9. Under the agreement, Iridium will provide the STL service to more than three dozen L3Harris communications network nodes and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) facilities throughout the U.S.  L3Harris’s private...