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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. […]

Northrop Grumman Completes Delta Critical Design Review of EPS-R CAPS Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announces the successful completion of a delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) with the U.S. Space Force for the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) program. “The successful completion of this milestone demonstrates our team’s commitment to agile processes,” said Rob Fleming, vice president, strategic force programs, […]

New Falcon 300 Ka-Band Aircraft IFC Comms System Debuts from GDC Technics

GDC Technics has delivered their first Falcon 300 equipped aircraft to Hillwood Airways, a Texas-based premium airline. Through the development partnership with Hillwood, GDC is striving to redefine the standard for in-flight connectivity and cabin-based media delivery platforms via an open network – offering service provider flexibility to its customers. GDC and technology collaborators Thinkom, […]

4th Space Operations Squadron’s New Satellite Terminal

The 4th Space Operations Squadron installed a new Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminal on one of their operations floors June 22 – 27 at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado. The FAB-T is a terminal used to connect, command and control protected military satellite communications satellites. These new systems are more efficient and easier to operate […]

Ka-Band Speed Limits for IFC Services Expunged by Viasat

Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has removed internet speed limits delivered to the aircraft across all of its business aviation Ka-band service plans. Additionally, the company has doubled its minimum committed internet speed to the aircraft for the same Ka-band service plans. This is an industry-first and unleashes an entirely new, premium, in-flight connectivity (IFC) experience […]

Gilat Empowers IFEC for Qingdao Airlines

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) and their aero modem, Taurus, is powering In-flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC) service to China’s Qingdao Airlines. The service is provided by China Satcom over CS-16 Ka-HTS satellite, together with its partner China TDT LINK (contents/service provider to passengers). The entire Ka-band IFEC system was integrated by FTS, […]