E-letter: Briefs

Cobham Aerospace Communications and Inmarsat launched the SB-Helo X-Stream helicopter satcom solution for Cobham Aviator SP systems. The new system aims to improve communications through rotor blades by reducing packet...

Spire Global revealed that Paul Damphousse joined the company to lead national security business development for Spire Federal in Washington. Damphousse served in the U.S. Marine Corps for 22 years...

Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) revealed that the first satellite in its Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) constellation has been delivered to NanoRacks for launch integration. Housed in an AAC Clyde...

KVH Industries shipped its 9,000th mini-Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Broadband system. KVH’s TracPhone V-series antenna systems are designed to provide satellite broadband connectivity to commercial and personal vessels globally, by...

Inmarsat launched Crew Xpress, a new service for crew available as part of an ever-increasing number of services on Fleet Xpress. The new service package includes a managed Wi-Fi solution...

Kymeta brought a hybrid, one-source connectivity platform to Peru during a recent pilot program. Kymeta, with the help of its partners Intelsat, Cubic Telecom, and Cradlepoint, worked with Airbus to create...

MEASAT Satellite Systems launched Himalaya TV High Definition (HD) (HTV) for distribution across Nepal and Asia Pacific via the MEASAT-3 satellite. HTV, founded in 2010, is a Kathmandu-based private television...

Telesat released its financial results for 2018, in which it saw similar results to other satellite operators. For for the full year 2018, the company saw exceptional free cash flow....

Gogo and long-time partner, Alaska Airlines, launched Gogo 2Ku high-speed connectivity and Gogo Vision wireless In Flight Entertainment (IFE) on an A321neo featuring the airline’s redesigned cabin interior. Alaska will have...

Hughes Communications India (HCIL) received a Flight and Maritime Connectivity (FMC) license from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India. The first company to be granted the FMC license in India,...