Honeywell on track with GX hardware, though program faces delay
Honeywell has completed both preliminary and critical design reviews of its antenna hardware for the Inmarsat Global Xpress Ka-band service,... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Global Xpress
Black box streaming – if not now, when?
“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
Delta, American, BA, Norwegian and Virgin to share PaxEx strategies at FTE Global 2014
It is great to see that improving the passenger experience (#PaxEx on Twitter) is now a genuine priority for pretty much all airlines, which... Continue Reading
Kymeta’s timeline for testing over Global Xpress moves to the right
Kymeta, the company that wants to bring super-skinny, metamaterials-based antennas to aviation and other industries, is seeing its timeline... Continue Reading
Gogo, AT&T could score as Inmarsat rolls out hybrid ATG in Europe
Inmarsat gave a surprising endorsement to Gogo’s air-to-ground (ATG) business in the United States when it announced plans today to launch a... Continue Reading
Gogo comes out swinging as battle for IFEC supremacy heats up
Buoyed by a healthy first quarter earnings performance, including a 35% year-over-year increase in revenues, inflight connectivity provider ... Continue Reading
Airlines now ordering aircraft with Global Xpress connectivity
Honeywell has secured several new, as yet undisclosed airline customers for its Global Xpress (GX) connectivity hardware, which will support... Continue Reading
Thales is on the march in hotly competitive IFEC market
Thales, the second largest embedded inflight entertainment company in the world, is preparing to leverage the strengths of LiveTV to create ... Continue Reading
AT&T’s inflight connectivity plan betrays global ambitions
AT&T’s newly announced plan to launch a 4G LTE-based air-to-ground (ATG) service in the continental United States in partnership with co... Continue Reading
Honeywell to wirelessly connect more aircraft mechanical systems
Keen to support airlines’ maintenance operations more fully Honeywell Aerospace has launched a cadre of new “connected aircraft initiatives”... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins plots IFEC plan with new vigor
In 2006, Rockwell Collins famously opted not to develop inflight entertainment (IFE) systems for the Airbus A380 and Boeing 787, which effec... Continue Reading
Air Canada finally announces Wi-Fi plan; taps Gogo
Air Canada executives made use of the Gogo inflight connectivity service on one of its two Gogo-equipped Airbus A319s to finally announce to... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins focused on end-to-end connection
Rockwell Collins is close to deciding which connectivity service to use as it leverages its purchase of Arinc to provide end-to-end solution... Continue Reading
Gogo to launch global Ground-to-Orbit connectivity
Gogo plans to launch a global version of its Ground-to-Orbit (GTO) superfast inflight connectivity solution, Runway Girl Network can exclusi... Continue Reading
Honeywell to test GX on 757 testbed by year-end
Honeywell is on track to begin flight-testing connectivity hardware to support Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band service in the fourth quarte... Continue Reading
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