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Anuvu develops second generation Ka antenna for hybrid GEO/LEO ops

Anuvu — formerly Global Eagle — is well into the development of its second generation Ka-band antenna, which is being optimized for hybrid G... Continue Reading

The SD Gulfstream G350 North Atlantic validation flight confirms full capabilities of the tail-mounted SD Plane Simple Antenna System .

Press Release: SD proves power of Plane Simple for transatlantic flights

Satcom Direct (SD) has confirmed successful functioning of the Plane Simple™ Antenna System during a series of transatlantic and European va... Continue Reading

Bombardier Challenger 3500 in flight at night over a brightly lit city.

SITA apps that reduce aviation enviro impact gain BizAv traction

Aircraft operators face increasing pressure to lessen their environmental impact by reducing unnecessary fuel consumption. At the same time,... Continue Reading

Flying onboard the United 787-9; this image shows the seatback IFE and a view of the wing out the window with a beautiful blue sky backdrop

United 787-9 largely excites on premium transcon route

What better way to return home from an event like Cranky Dorkfest, a gathering of AvGeeks from all over the country, than to fly on one of t... Continue Reading

Air France A220-300 taking off. There are trees and a clear blue sky in the background.

#Humpspotter Alert: Intelsat 2Ku finally confirmed for Air France A220

Eagle-eyed #humpspotters have long assumed that Air France’s new Airbus A220-300s would be delivered with the Intelsat (formerly Gogo) 2Ku s... Continue Reading

Press Release: Viasat’s Ka-band IFC for BizAv available through Collins

Viasat Inc., a global communications company, today announced an expanded relationship with long-time partner Collins Aerospace ARINCDirect ... Continue Reading

Text saying "Outside the pressure vessel" and two pieces of technology above.

Press Release: Collins awards Astronics follow-on bizjet IFC order

Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense and other mission critical industries, anno... 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

NXTCOMM flat panel antenna in black and white

NXTCOMM floats ESA hybrid concept for GEO/LEO-powered IFC

Having recently secured defense customers for its nextgen antenna hardware, NXTCOMM is once again turning its focus to civil aviation, inclu... Continue Reading

Rendering of an aircraft in digital form

Anuvu takes homegrown STC approach for inflight connectivity

Anuvu — formerly Global Eagle — has a long history of obtaining supplemental type certificates for variants of its Airconnect Ku-band inflig... Continue Reading

ThinKom’s ThinSat 300, now qualified for COTM on Intelsat FlexMove for Government network

Press Release: ThinKom antennas qualified for operation on Intelsat Flex

ThinKom Solutions today announced that its land-mobile ThinSat 300® phased-array antenna has been qualified for use on Intelsat’s FlexMove f... Continue Reading

Aircraft flying and flight paths over Europe on an earth globe view from space at night. All the world map textures are originally from NASA

ThinKom Ka aero antenna to integrate on Telesat Lightspeed LEO network

As Telesat puts the pieces in place to launch its nextgen LEO broadband network Lightspeed, the Canadian satellite operator has forged what ... Continue Reading

A graphic showing city buildings with an aircraft and satellite in the sky. Anuvu

Anuvu to launch microGEO satellite constellation, stays band flexible

For a company that has traditionally prided itself on not having the financial considerations associated with operating its own satellite ne... Continue Reading

OneWeb satellite in low earth orbit with a great view of planet Earth.

OneWeb ramping up aero activity in advance of 2023 IFC debut

OneWeb is “fully on track” to complete the launch of its 648-strong global constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites by the mi... Continue Reading

A wing of an aircraft flying above a rendering of the earth. Elements of this image are furnished by NASA.

Industry explores EHF bands for inflight connectivity

Satellite operators and satcom hardware manufacturers are presently engaged in serious exploratory work regarding the use of extremely high ... Continue Reading