Comtech Xicom Technology has received a contract valued at more than $8.8 million for Ka-band Solid-State amplifiers for an In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) satcom application. Comtech Xicom Technology is a California-based subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications’ Commercial Solutions segment.  The subsidiary manufactures a variety of tube-based and solid-state power amplifiers for military and commercial satellite uplink applications,…

Intelsat has debuted FlexMove, an end-terminal managed service that it said allows people to connect to the Internet, private data networks, and cloud services from virtually anywhere in the world, including while on-the-move, or on-the-pause at a temporary site.  FlexMove is powered by Intelsat’s Epic High Throughput Satellite (HTS) fleet, a fixed satellite network and…

Gilat Satellite Networks said its first-to-flight Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) terminal has achieved what it calls an industry-first with In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) over Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellites. The company said the demonstration showed high performance and instantaneous Ka-band switchovers between and operating on Telesat's Phase 1 LEO satellite and its Anik-F3 GEO satellite, onboard Honeywell's Boeing…

The Seamless Air Alliance has published what it is caling the first-ever standard for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). The standard – Seamless Release 1.0 – establishes a Modular Platform Architecture for inflight connectivity. The Alliance said the system enables rapid adoption of new technologies without requiring customization or the complete replacement of equipment on the aircraft…