electronically steered antenna Archives

SpaceX secures JSX as launch customer for Starlink inflight Internet

SpaceX’s forthcoming Starlink LEO satellite-powered inflight connectivity service is gaining momentum, as public charter operator JSX announ... Continue Reading

Kymeta expects aero ESA to be available in 2024

Kymeta, the Bill Gates-backed manufacturer of flat-panel electronically steered antennas which recently received fresh equity financing, rec... Continue Reading

Isotropic Systems Terminal displayed on a black background.

One-on-one with Isotropic Systems founder and CEO John Finney

Isotropic Systems is among the cluster of electronically steerable antenna-makers garnering attention from aviation stakeholders, as the bui... Continue Reading

Top view of workers on the exterior of a Lufthansa aircraft.

Aircraft retrofit market readies for new IFC system installs

A wave of new inflight connectivity system installations is forthcoming as airlines prepare to replace legacy kit with next-gen hardware and... Continue Reading

CarlisleIT ESA cooling system as displayed at APEX Expo 2019

One-on-one with CarlisleIT director Jeff Behlendorf

As a provider of inflight connectivity system integration components, antenna radomes and satcom aircraft equipment kits, as well as aircraf... Continue Reading

The words "WiFi OnBoard" on the side of an aircraft. A male passenger is in view

OneWeb taps SatixFy multi-orbit terminal for inflight connectivity

Satellite operator OneWeb has at long last selected a partner to develop a new inflight connectivity terminal to operate simultaneously over... Continue Reading

The Safran electronically steered antenna for aviation as seen on a show floor. The active array antenna is very flat, and considered well suited for LEO and MEO networks.

ESA adoption in commercial aviation could take years

When will electronically steerable antennas be ready for primetime in commercial aviation? COVID has kicked the proverbial can down the road... Continue Reading

Press Release: NXTCOMM announces board, validates Ku antenna design

Following successful validation tests of its next-generation Ku-band antenna design, NXT Communications Corporation (NXTCOMM) is pleased to ... Continue Reading

ARINC 791/792 Adjustable Fittings on a blue background

Press Release: CarlisleIT launches adjustable fittings for aerospace

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT) announced today that it has received a patent for its third generation of ARINC 791/792 Adjustable ... Continue Reading

SD Ottawa facility external view with two pine trees and clear blue sky

Press Release: Satcom Direct invests in advanced manufacturing facility

Satcom Direct (SD), the aviation solutions provider, has added a new Canadian state-of-the-art production campus to its global footprint in ... Continue Reading

Rendering of EUTELSAT 117 West A in orbit

Press Release: NXTCOMM taps Eutelsat capacity for flat panel testing

NXT Communications Corporation (NXTCOMM) has signed a capacity agreement with Eutelsat Communications for capacity on Eutelsat’s E117W... Continue Reading

Airplane wing in flight from window, sunset with internet icon set

Gilat maintains aero market strategy as it adjusts costs

Gilat Satellite Networks entered the COVID-19 crisis in a solid financial position, reporting strong profitability for Q4 and full-year 2019... Continue Reading

A technician installs Gilat's electronically steered antenna atop an aircraft fuselage. The antenna is flat and slim.

Comtech and Gilat terminate merger agreement

Comtech Telecommunications Corp will pay $70 million to Gilat Satellite Networks as part of an agreement to terminate their merger pact and ... Continue Reading

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Press Release: Qest forms sister company to advance phased array work

Based on the development, industrialization and manufacturing of innovative broadband antenna technology for aviation customers of renown, Q... Continue Reading

NXTCOMM's nextgen electronically steerable antenna shown in three modular parts - the radome, the flat panel antenna and the adapter plate (which would be installed atop an aircraft fuselage).

NXT Communications emerges in IFC with new ESA for narrowbodies

Amid a crisis that has brought the inflight connectivity sector to its knees – highlighted by the recent warning from Global Eagle tha... Continue Reading