Focus: Land Mobility

Aeromexico will deploy Viasat‘s in-flight internet system across 18 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with an option to extend up to 60 aircraft. First line-fit installations of Viasat’s equipment have already begun. Aeromexico […]

A consortium of three Luxembourg-based companies lead by OQ Technology will develop, build, and perform a demonstration in-orbit of an innovative approach for satellite-based Internet-of-Things (IOT). Based on the in-orbit […]

Viasat CEO Mark Dankberg gave some interesting observations about how satellite operators such as Viasat can monetize the ‘Connected Car’ market. Dankberg was the main keynote at VSAT Global in […]

Connected transportation may be a key target market for many major satellite companies, but this is also a market likely to be targeted by hackers. A compromised connected car, train, […]

Kros-Wise Aviation Group launched a unique, new service to help airlines make better and faster decisions on connectivity systems and service. With Connectivity Assist, Kros-Wise Aviation provides a team to assist airline […]

The Aviation Festival kicked off day two in London with three Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of major airlines talking about the future of the industry. While In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) was […]

The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) officially awarded global communications company Viasat an eight-year, firm-fixed price contract to provide U.S. government senior leader and VIP aircraft with in-flight broadband […]

Panasonic Avionics, in partnership with its subsidiary ITC Global, was awarded a four-year contract by TUI Cruises for connectivity services to two new-build cruise ships, Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2. […]

Iridium, Cobham Satcom, and Thales showcased the upcoming Certus satellite data services and terminal hardware at an open event in Santiago, Chile. Iridium Certus, the new packet-switched data mode service […]

L2 Aviation received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the installation of the Rockwell Collins Iridium satcom system on A330-200 and A330-300 aircraft. While L2 has […]

Next month, along with many others, I will be heading to the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. Over recent years the massive shifts in the broadcast industry have been […]

NSSLGlobal signed a new deal with major European shipping company. It will roll out its Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) IP@SEA service to the worldwide trading part of Vertom-Bojen’s fleet. Vertom-Bojen is […]

Inmarsat produced a better-than-expected set of results, which saw a particularly strong performance in the aviation market. The operator announced that overall revenue for the six months to the end […]

Boeing will open the new Boeing Aerospace and Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Mass., becoming the first major tenant of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) new mixed-use district in Kendall […]

ITC Global has extended its contract with Youth With a Mission Medical Ships Australia (YWAM MSA) for three more years. ITC Global will provide critical connectivity services to the nonprofit’s […]

Viasat has successfully completed the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) D0-160G certification process and the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) C-17 Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria (MACC) testing for its Ku […]

Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) signed a multi-year contract for capacity on Eutelsat satellites. The contract includes incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite, as well as the […]

GetSAT and Avanti Communications Group have successfully demonstrated the potential of Satellite on the Move (SOTM) capabilities in a recent trial. GetSAT is a supplier of small, lightweight satellite communication […]

Brazilian oil and gas transportation company Transpetro has chosen KVH Industries’ Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity services for the majority of its tankers. Transpetro provides transportation for the Brazilian […]

Thales appointed Phillippe Carette as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the InFlyt Experience business, which provicers connect in-flight entertainment systems and services. He replaces Dominique Giannoni, who took a new leadership […]

Harris will provide an audio communications system for NASA’s first human deep-space exploration mission, scheduled to launch in 2022 onboard the Orion spacecraft, the company announced today. Orion is NASA’s […]

RockFleet, a global tracking and messaging system manufactured by U.K.-based Iridium satellite communications specialist Rock Seven, has been selected as one of four approved devices in a mandated plan to […]

Honeywell has confirmed that ExecuJet South Africa, a private aviation jet company, was the first to install Honeywell’s JetWave satellite communications hardware in Africa, bringing In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) to African […]

StandardAero will now be able to install Honeywell JetWave Ka-band satellite communications systems and radome equipment on Gulfstream GV/GV-SP aircraft registered in Europe after receiving a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) […]

Sierra Wireless, a provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things (IOT), received certification and approval to use its Airlink MG90 High-Performance Multi-Network Vehicle Router for the […]

The Internet of Things (IOT) is projected to be one of the biggest technology growth engines of all time. Forecasters estimate there will be up to 70 billion connected devices […]

Speedcast has partnered with Kymeta to develop and roll out product offerings featuring the Kymeta KyWay Terminal, which integrates mTenna flat-panel antenna technology. Under the partnership agreement Speedcast will integrate […]

Iridium has announced that COMSAT, Gilat Telecom, Globecomm, MetOcean Telematics, NSSLGlobal, Trace Systems and Wireless Innovation, have officially been added as Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications. Designed for […]

AT&T is stepping up its efforts in the connected transportation area after recently signing a deal with Honeyell, which will see Honeywell deploy AT&T Internet of Things (IOT) technology to […]

Global provider of satellite and cellular services, FMC GlobalSat has signed up Miami-based Globalklass Groupe to its growing roster of global sub-distributors. The agreement allows Globalklass Groupe to assist FMC […]