Horizon Technologies has been assigned a £2 million contract by a NATO customer for the company’s FlyingFish™ airborne SIGINT system. This follows a number of 1Q 2022 orders from a variety of customers around the world seeking to upgrade their ISR capabilities. Horizon Technologies’ FlyingFish™ system is currently involved in NATO operations along the Ukrainian […]
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Forrester’s Digest: Blue Origin / Eclipse Global Connectivity + OneWeb / Intelsat /
The Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin rocket system says it plans to more than double the number of people it lofts into sub-orbital space upon its New Shepard vehicle. It was a New Shepard rocket which carried William Shatner into sub-orbital space last October. Bob Smith, chief executive of Blue Origin, speaking at the annual FAA […]
Viasat Flies Out Viasat Select For Business Aviation
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced a first-of-its-kind direct service model for business aviation, Ka-band, In-flight Connectivity (IFC). Called Viasat Select, the new service introduces custom IFC solutions and compelling connectivity plans that are tailored to match a business aircraft’s specific operational profile. The Viasat Select service plans include global and regional unlimited plans that […]
GomSpace Selected By Indra To Develop Advanced Smallsats For Global Air Traffic Management
GomSpace has been selected to develop advanced satellites for global air traffic management by Indra and Enaire’s Startical consortium. The global technology and consulting company Indra in Spain and the Spanish Air Navigational Service Provider (ANSP) Enaire has selected GomSpace A/S to deliver a large-scale development and demonstration project including the launch of three dedicated […]
SKYTRAC + TerraSense Join Forces To Bring Iridium Certus Connectivity To Transport Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Ops
SKYTRAC Systems Ltd. (SKYTRAC) and TerraSense Analytics have partnered to bring their combined capabilities to Transport Canada’s National Aerial Surveillance Program (NASP) for Maritime and Arctic Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR). The SKYTRAC SDL-350 SATCOM terminal will provide Transport Canada’s Dash-7 and Dash-8 aircraft with Iridium Certus connectivity, enabling up to 704 Kbps of bandwidth. […]
Combining Sat Tech To Offer Free In-Flight B’Band?
Reports have emerged that London-based satellite operator Inmarsat had “secretly” linked with Hughes Network System to collaborate on winning a major slice of the world’s in-flight broadband services and bringing costs down to zero for travelers. Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce described the link with Hughes (a business owned by Charlie Ergen’s EchoStar) as a “game […]
R4 Integration Receives Inmarsat Global Xpress Type Approval For Ka-Band Integrated System
R4 Integration, Inc. (R4) has received Inmarsat type approval for the R4 C-130 Multi-Purpose Hatch System (MPHS) for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. In U.S. government operation since July 2014, Global Xpress develops reliable communications for land, air and sea ops for assured mobile connectivity and interoperability with government satellite systems. The R4 […]
Gogo Going To Intelsat?
There are unconfirmed reports that indicate satellite giant Intelsat – despite being in Chapter 11 bankruptcy – is looking to buy the commercial aviation portion of in-flight connectivity specialist Gogo. Gogo announced a few weeks ago that it was looking to sell its commercial aviation division. Gogo said it would retain its private aviation business. […]
AMERGINT Technologies and Envistacom’s Next Step to “Cloud-to-Edge”
Envistacom, LLC, announces that they have teamed up with AMERGINT Technologies, Inc. to pair the company’s intellectual property with AMERGINT’s satellite communications solutions. Both companies view their partnership as a significant next step toward the realization of a truly virtualized, “cloud-to-edge”, wireless connectivity environment that is beneficial for a variety of markets and operational scenarios. […]
Astronics SATCOM Antenna Tech Successful Test Flight With Collins Aerospace LuxStream + SES
Astronics Corporation has announced a recent successful test flight employing the firm’s Ku-band, tail-mounted antenna technology for the Collins Aerospace KuSAT-2000 SATCOM terminal for their LuxStream business jet connectivity solution. The KuSAT-2000 Tail-Mounted Antenna system demonstrated download speeds of up to 25 Mbps service in the United States and 15 Mbps globally utilizing SES satellites. […]