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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Press Release: Collins selects Astronics satcom for LuxStream IFC
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for global aerospace, defense, and other mission critical industries, ann... Continue Reading
Press Release: Collins, SES and Vista Global to launch Ku IFC for BizAv
Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., is teaming with leading satellite operator SES to bring business aviation cu... Continue Reading
Intelsat 29e outage will test a major value proposition for Ku IFC
One of the long-understood benefits of offering Ku-band connectivity is that there exists a patchwork quilt of Ku satellites around the worl... Continue Reading
Isotropic seeks to completely change satellite IFC economics
Today, the cost of a traditional Ku- or Ka-band satellite antenna for aero is roughly $175,000 to $200,000. When you add in the cost of inst... Continue Reading
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
Viasat shares narrowbody IFC growth expectation for North America
Suggesting it has secured 20% of the narrowbody inflight connectivity market in North America, Viasat believes it can grow its market share ... Continue Reading
Thales reveals plan for global, high-capacity Ka inflight connectivity
Thales InFlyt Experience has revealed it has global aspirations for delivering high-capacity Ka-band-supported inflight connectivity to airl... Continue Reading
Press Release: ThinKom demos aero terminal with O3b MEO satellites
ThinKom Solutions, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first ground test of its ThinAir® Ka2517 Ka-band phased-array satel... Continue Reading
Polar positioning could take a number of flavors as Viasat eyes MEO
Depending on where you sit in the conversation – or indeed where your satellites sit in orbit – providing inflight connectivity over p... Continue Reading
Dominique Giannoni reflects on five intense years at Thales Inflyt
After spending what he calls five “very intense and very interesting years” as CEO of Thales Inflyt Experience, Dominique Giannoni is assumi... Continue Reading
EchoStar’s Hughes eyes growth within aero sector
The entity once known as Row 44, now Global Eagle, has been a cornerstone of Hughes Network Systems’ aero mobility story for well over a dec... Continue Reading
Press Release: Spirit Airlines to transform its #PaxEx with Thales Ka
Spirit Airlines, a leading carrier in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean with more than 550 daily flights to 65 destinations, has a c... Continue Reading
Press Release: Sputnik Telecommunications to provide IFC via SES
Sputnik Telecommunications Entertainment Company (STECCOM), Russia’s major satellite communications operator and leading developer of VSAT-b... Continue Reading
Press Release: John-Paul Hemingway named CEO of SES Networks
SES announced that John-Paul Hemingway has been appointed as CEO of SES Networks with effect from 5 April 2018, succeeding Steve Collar who ... Continue Reading
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