[Satellite TODAY 03-22-11] Vizada and its technology parter Arinc have introduced seamless, mobile IP capability on Vizada’s AviLink solution for airborne connectivity, the companies announced March 21.
    The AviLink capability aims to provide fully managed, automated handovers between Ku and L-band coverage areas for high-demand, mission-critical applications in flight, on land or at sea. Vizada said the capability was developed to meet the needs of a U.S. Department of Defense contract it signed in 2010. 
    Testing was performed using commercial Ku-band capacity on the SES World Skies AMC-3 satellite with an iDirect Government Technologies e8350 DVB-S2-compliant modem and a 17-inch airborne antenna mounted on a King Air 300 aircraft.