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Mobility
Saudia to Start Flying with Falcon 300 Terminal on Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Service Next Year
Saudia is on track to start flying Airbus A321 aircraft upgraded with Falcon 300 terminals to enable Inmarsat‘s GX Aviation in-flight connectivity (IFC) service early next year. The Saudi Arabian […]
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Mobility
Hawaiian Airlines to Offer Starlink In-Flight Connectivity from SpaceX
Hawaiian Airlines is the first major airline to reach an agreement with SpaceX to add in-flight connectivity (IFC) service enabled by Starlink satellites to a fleet of Airbus and Boeing […]
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Mobility
SpaceX Signs JSX as First Airline for Starlink In-flight Connectivity Service
JSX, the California-based public charter operator, will become the first airline to operate aircraft using SpaceX’s Starlink satellites for in-flight connectivity (IFC) service. The company posted the announcement to its LinkedIn and Twitter accounts […]
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Mobility
Global Eagle and Telesat Complete Network Simulation Milestone for LEO IFC Antenna
Engineers at California-based Global Eagle Entertainment recently completed network simulations evaluating the efficiency of their In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) terminal’s ability to operate over Telesat’s Lightspeed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network. According […]
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Connectivity
ViaSat Acquires Arconics for Connected Aircraft Software and More
[Via Satellite 11-15-2016] California-based provider of global broadband services, ViaSat, has announced a new agreement to acquire aviation software solutions provider Arconics. The acquisition comes following recent years where Arconics […]
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Technology
Kymeta Partners With Tecom to Bring New Antennas to Aviation
[Via Satellite 09-21-2016] Kymeta, manufacturer of the meta-materials-based mTenna, has formed a new aviation partnership with antenna solutions supplier Tecom. The two companies will merge Kymeta’s flat-panel satellite antenna technology […]
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Connectivity
Airbus, Boeing Outlooks See Strong Market for Satellite-Connected Aircraft
[Via Satellite 07-13-2016] Airbus and Boeing both released their 20-year global market forecasts on the first day of the 2016 Farnborough International Airshow. Airbus was less optimistic in it’s long term view of global demand for passenger […]
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Connectivity
Vocality and RSA Update Satellite-Based Air Traffic Communications in Brazil
[Via Satellite 06-21-2016] Vocality and RSA Engineering have completed a replacement of the obsolete satellite-based communications system used for Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice and data services throughout Brazilian airspace. […]
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Connectivity
Boeing, Inmarsat on What to Expect for Future Connected Aircraft
[Via Satellite 05-18-2016] Executives from Boeing and Inmarsat discussed future implications for connected aircraft operations during a panel discussion held at Honeywell‘s Deer Valley headquarters last week. Attendees, which were […]
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Connectivity
SES, Global Eagle to Bring More In-Flight Connectivity Bandwidth to Key Regions
[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] SES and Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) announced further significant Ku-band capacity agreements to bring more In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) bandwidth to regions where air traffic is growing at […]
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Connectivity
Gogo Reports 12 Mbps on 2ku Testing, Big Third Quarter
[Via Satellite 11-06-2015] An elated Gogo CEO Michael Small told analysts, investors and journalists during the company’s third quarter conference call Thursday that the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) giant’s next generation […]
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Government/Military
Honeywell Becomes Inmarsat Government Aeronautical Service Provider
[Via Satellite 03-10-2015] Inmarsat Government has announced a new agreement to make Honeywell the service provider to the U.S. government aeronautical market for the Global Xpress constellation network. Under the […]










