Mobility

Viasat revealed on Aug. 26 that its business aviation In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) system received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., certifying the...

KVH Industries, Inc. on Aug. 27 revealed TracVision TV10, a new marine satellite TV antenna in KVH’s TracVision series. A 1-meter ultra-high efficiency marine antenna, the TracVision TV10 provides the...

ST Engineering iDirect revealed Tuesday that its long-term customer Paratus, an African telecommunications provider, deployed its iDirect modems with marine antenna from manufacturer and integrator KNS Inc. These modems and...

AAC Clyde Space AB, Saab AB, and Orcomm Inc. on Monday revealed the development of a next generation, space-based VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) for maritime communications. AAC Clyde Space...

At SATELLITE 2019, which seems like an age ago, Klaus Bruun Egeberg, head of Mobility and Connectivity at shipping company Maersk, gave an intriguing presentation about the potential future relationship...

Iridium is partnering with CLS Telemetry, Everywhere Communications, Marlink, M2M Connectivity, Rock Seven, and Tesacom to test its newest satellite Internet of Things (IoT) device Iridium Edge Solar.  The solar-powered...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) awarded Thinkom Solutions a contract for next-generation communications on U.S. Navy ships. ThinKom will test and evaluate one of its...

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) activated certification of a test plan for Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything Communications (C-V2X). This test plan uses technology from Qualcomm Technologies and Keysight Technologies. The test cases...

Globalstar Europe Satellite Services has revealed details of a key new deployment of its technology in Spain. The company announced Aug. 6 that its 550 SPOT Gen3 satellite enabled safety...

Astronics’ Ku-band tail-mounted antenna technology successfully completed a test flight. The technology was used on a Collins Aerospace KuSAT-2000 satcom terminal for their LuxStream business jet connectivity solution. During the...