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, […]
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Marlink Connects Villagers in French Guiana to the Internet
Remote villages in French Guiana will be able to access the internet as the result of a contract of Marlink with Société Publique Locale pour l’Aménagement Numérique de la Guyane (SPLANG). The contract covers the provision of internet access via satellite to subscribers of SPLANG’s Wi-Fi service and the complete management of the network solution. […]
Demonstration of Live, Broadband VSAT Comms in Medevac Helicopter
In situations far away from the nearest trauma level 1 hospital, medical air evacuation [Medevac] with live broadband VSAT communication is a life saver. Wide band communication between helicopter medical crew and the hospital is essential in the first “Golden Hour” of the event. Studies indicate that the survival rate is higher if the correct […]
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 […]
NovelSat + Envistacom Partner for Incorporation of Satellite Access Waveforms
Envistacom, LLC, has announced that NovelSat will incorporate the company’s high-performance satellite access waveforms into Envistacom’s Transport Virtualization Ecosystem (TVE). Envistacom will deliver an open-architecture ecosystem that will enable virtualized applications, such as advanced communications waveforms, encryption, data analytics, and other real-time continuous processing applications, to reside in Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware. The Envistacom/NovelSat partnership allows […]
ST Engineering iDirect Expands VIVACOM’s Broadcast Offerings
ST Engineering iDirect has further strengthened the firm’s long-standing relationship with telecom provider VIVACOM with a new agreement to supply MCX7000 modulators to facilitate additional broadcast offerings in Eastern Europe and Africa. VIVACOM, the largest telecommunications provider in Bulgaria, will use the MCX7000, a dense DVB-S2X multi-carrier satellite gateway, to launch new video services in Africa, in partnership with a global satellite operator. The modulators will also provide enhanced services for […]
Successful CDR Completed for Enhanced Polar System
The Space and Missile Systems Center’s Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program reached a major program milestone upon the completion of a successful delta Critical Design Review (dCDR) of the EPS-R Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) held from June 24 to June 25. The dCDR was the culmination of more than three months of critical […]
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 […]
IHS Markit® Stays on Track by Renewing ORBCOMM’s Ship Tracking Data Services
ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has announced that IHS Markit (NYSE: INFO) has extended their contract for ORBCOMM’s satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data used for ship tracking and other maritime navigational and safety efforts. IHS Markit’s new, multi-year contract was the result of a competitive procurement evaluation among providers of space-based AIS data services. IHS […]
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, […]