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A parked Hillwood Airways 737, in all white, and parked. The aircraft is fitted with the GDC terminal inclusive of ThinKom Ka antenna

Inmarsat positions GDC terminal for global GX

Inmarsat is positioning GDC Technics’ new inflight connectivity terminal – with ThinKom’s Ka VICTS phased-array antenna – as not just ... Continue Reading

Block white lettering spelling KYMETA on a clear window

Press Release: Kymeta announces $30m equity investment by HSC

Kymeta — the communications company making mobile global — announced today that Hanwha Systems (HSC), a leading global solutions company tha... Continue Reading

Delta Air Lines A220-100 airplane on arrival at New York John F. Kennedy airport (JFK)

Intelsat to Delta: We can support free inflight Internet model

Intelsat firmly believes it can support Delta Air Lines’ plan to offer free inflight Internet to passengers once its $400 million acquisitio... Continue Reading

Press Release: Oneweb to restart launches in December 2020

OneWeb, the London-based communications company, has amended its existing launch contract with Arianespace. Launches for OneWeb are schedule... Continue Reading

United Kingdom (UK) from space at night with city lights of the City of London, England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, communication technology, 3d render of planet Earth, elements from NASA

UK seeks to be LEO pioneer as it leads winning bid for OneWeb

The British government has led a successful consortium bid to acquire bankrupt satellite operator OneWeb, saying the move signals the UKR... Continue Reading

ThinKom Ka-band IFC Antenna atop a fuselage, with a blue sky in the background

Press Release: ThinKom achieves new milestones for its IFC antennas

ThinKom Solutions, Inc., today announced its Ku3030 aero satellite antennas have been installed on more than 1,550 commercial aircraft of 16... Continue Reading

Graphical image of an aircraft, with a flat panel antenna transmitting from atop the fuselage

Hanwha Systems acquires antenna maker Phasor Solutions

Hanwha Systems Co (HSC) on 5 June acquired antenna maker Phasor Solutions out of bankruptcy, strengthening the South Korean defense company&... Continue Reading

OneWeb Satellites JV facility in Florida with a blue sky in the background and green grass in the foreground

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Airbus works to support Florida JV to sustain OneWeb vision

Airbus is working to support its Space Coast-based satellite production joint venture facility “in finding a way through, to ensure th... Continue Reading

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SES, Thales, ThinKom celebrate milestone flight demo of MEO/GEO IFC

Having validated an interoperable GEO/MEO connectivity platform in the cruise industry, SES Networks’ eyes are now on the skies for it... Continue Reading

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Panasonic deploys Gen 3 network to relieve IFC service choke points

With nearly 750 aircraft already operating on Panasonic Avionics’ third generation network, the global inflight entertainment and connectivi... Continue Reading

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OneWeb founder Greg Wyler calls for ATC-style space rules

Regulators should look to the aviation sector and apply air traffic control-style rules to the global space industry, to ensure that it grow... Continue Reading

Close-up image of female hands holding smartphone sitting in the airplane

First Panasonic XTS satellite to support inflight connectivity in 2020

Journalists and industry observers on 8 March finally learned details about Panasonic Avionics’ first extreme throughput satellite (XTS). Af... Continue Reading