Press Release: Panasonic and IMG extend live in-flight sports relationship
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics), a market leader in in-flight entertainment and connectivity, and IMG have agreed to ext... Continue Reading
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EAN-powered Internet offered on more than 250 aircraft flown by IAG
International Airlines Group operators British Airways, Iberia and Vueling are now offering inflight connectivity to passengers via the Euro... Continue Reading
Press Release: Flight tests validate Orolia autonomous distress tracking
Orolia recently organized a series of flight tests to demonstrate and qualify capabilities of the GADSS global aircraft safety program’s en... Continue Reading
Hughes sees big aero capacity opportunities in the Americas
If airlines adopt free or “freemium” inflight connectivity models for their passengers, as many are expected to do, the amount of satellite ... Continue Reading
SmartSky plans to launch nextgen ATG service this summer
After grappling with delays, nextgen air-to-ground inflight connectivity provider SmartSky Networks this summer plans to launch service in t... Continue Reading
Press Release: OneWeb streamlines constellation
OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company has streamlined its constellation and has reduced its request for US mark... Continue Reading
Press Release: JetBlue reveals interior of new Airbus A220-300
JetBlue today introduced the all-new onboard experience which will soon greet customers aboard the airline’s Airbus A220-300, a next-generat... Continue Reading
Press Release: Skyrora reveals new UK-built launch vehicle in live test
On 23 December 2020 the Skyrora test and flight operations team performed one of their most important test campaigns to date, a full upper s... Continue Reading
Press Release: ThinKom successfully tests K/Q-band antenna over the air
ThinKom Solutions, Inc., recently completed successful over-the-air tests of a pair of 17-inch active diameter K/Q-band phased-array antenna... Continue Reading
Press Release: Boeing to provide six more solar arrays for Space Station
Boeing will support the International Space Station’s (ISS) growing research capabilities and commercial opportunities with new solar arrays... Continue Reading
Press Release: SD activates 500th terminal on Inmarsat GX network.
Satcom Direct (SD) has successfully activated 500 terminals for aerospace customers subscribing to Inmarsat’s High Throughput Satellite (HTS... Continue Reading
Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE
As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading
Software-defined network part of Intelsat plan for aero
Intelsat is evolving towards software-defined, reconfigurable satellite assets that will allow the company to direct high-throughput capacit... Continue Reading
Press Release: BA teams with Michelin Star Chef for pre-purchase menu
British Airways has today announced that it will be partnering with celebrated, British Michelin-starred chef, Tom Kerridge, who has designe... Continue Reading
![The first of Inmarsat’s I-6 satellites, I-6F1, which carries both L-band and Ka-band payloads, so is also known as GX6A, enters thermal vacuum testing in Toulouse, France. Manufactured in the UK and assembled in France, I-6F1 undergoes this test to simulate the harsh space environment prior to launch in H2 2021. [Credit: Inmarsat/Airbus Defence and Space] H-IIA](https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/corp-i6f1-thermalvaccumtest-Custom-300x185.jpg)
Inmarsat readies for most ambitious tech roadmap in its history
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of its Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band network, Inmarsat is gearing up for the launch of four new GX payloads a... Continue Reading