Iridium aims to win big in a small niche
When it comes to the commercial in-flight connectivity market Iridium's CEO Matt Desch sees a lot of opportunity. For other companies. The m... Continue Reading
When it comes to the commercial in-flight connectivity market Iridium's CEO Matt Desch sees a lot of opportunity. For other companies. The m... Continue Reading
DUBLIN – On the eve of the IATA Annual General Meeting, the world of aviation safety services received some good news: French authorit... Continue Reading
The first 10 Iridium NEXT communications satellites, each bearing an Aireon space-based ADS-B antenna-and-receiver payload on its underside,... Continue Reading
At least 63% of flights transiting over the Gander Oceanic Flight Information Region (FIR) – which stretches from the east coast of Canada t... Continue Reading
Malaysia Airlines is testing a new SITA flight tracking solution that will do more than simply address the rate and means of sending positio... Continue Reading
When IATA’s expert industry Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) tabled its tracking report to ICAO last month, it steered well and truly cle... Continue Reading
Raymond James analyst Chris Quilty, a long-time vocal supporter of Aireon, believes that despite the FAA’s own funding concerns for th... Continue Reading
Emirates airline boss Tim Clark’s suggestion that Malaysia Airlines flight 370 may not have ended in the Indian Ocean is certainly generatin... Continue Reading
Redundancy. Redundancy. Redundancy. This is the aviation ethic demanded of virtually every aspect of flying, and should be demanded for airc... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics’ plan to drive operational benefits for airlines through connectivity by exploiting the low-bandwidth Iridium satellite n... Continue Reading
“In this age of constant and ubiquitous data connectivity, does it still make any sense that when a plane crashes, days or weeks of sp... Continue Reading
IATA may be “a bit more nimble” than ICAO and therefore best suited to act quickly on proposed changes to aircraft tracking policies in the ... Continue Reading
Aireon, the global air traffic surveillance service that will operate via Iridium’s second generation constellation of satellites NEXT, has ... Continue Reading
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