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Press Release: ThinKom, Quvia team for multi-link IFC experience boost

The future of in-flight connectivity (IFC) is multi-band, multi-beam and multi-constellation. ThinKom Solutions (ThinKom) and Quvia, the fir... Continue Reading

Press Release: ThinKom boosts commercial aviation team with Jeff Sare

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. (ThinKom), a leading manufacturer of high-performance satellite antenna solutions, has expanded its inflight connect... Continue Reading

Delta taps Hughes multi-network IFC for select A350s, A321neos

Delta Air Lines has selected Hughes Network Systems to provide multi-orbit, multi-band inflight connectivity for future new deliveries of se... Continue Reading

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#PaxEx Podcast: ThinKom tackles the tough questions as IFC evolves

Welcome to the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks the evolution of the airline passenger experience and aviation’s sustainability initiative... Continue Reading

Safran Passenger Innovations terminal for HBCplus based on ThinKom Solutions Ka2517 VICTS, as seen at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg 2024

Emirates and Ethiopian neck and neck to launch Airbus HBCplus

Airbus says its new linefit, supplier-furnished HBCplus Ka-band satellite-supported broadband inflight connectivity solution is set to immin... Continue Reading

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Press Release: Eclipse, ThinKom, Kontron and Display work IFC retrofit

Eclipse Global Connectivity, ThinKom, Kontron and Display Interactive have embarked on an innovative collaboration to retrofit a fleet of mo... Continue Reading

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ThinKom on unsticking airlines with a sticky multi-orbit antenna

In the last five years, several high-profile geostationary (GEO) satellite anomalies have strengthened the value proposition for multi-orbit... Continue Reading

Rendering of SES MEO/GEO constellation. ThinKom and SES continue to demonstrate multi-orbit connectivity expertise, as the ThinAir® line of antennas prove their capabilities on MEO and GEO satellite constellations

Press Release: ThinKom, SES expand multi-orbit services collaboration

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. and SES continue to expand their integrated satellite communications capabilities, successfully demonstrating advanc... Continue Reading

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Press Release: ThinKom and Telesat expand agreement for LEO operations

Telesat, one of the world’s largest and most innovative satellite operators, and ThinKom Solutions, Inc., a leading designer and manufacture... Continue Reading

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Telesat on why the wait for Lightspeed will be worth it in aero

Though its much-anticipated Lightspeed Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network is delayed, Telesat is “neck deep” in development at the mome... Continue Reading

A rendering of the ThinKom ThinAir Ka1717 terminal on a regional jet

A new drag race: ThinKom invites Stellar Blu to antenna challenge

Move aside, RuPaul. ThinKom Solutions is ready to engage in a new kind of drag race in a bid to enhance transparency in commercial aviation.... Continue Reading

Press Release: ThinKom inks deal for regional jet antenna production

ThinKom’s ThinAir Ka1717 terminal is ready to take flight. The company secured a contract to deliver 500 shipsets of the system, allowing fo... Continue Reading

Software-defined aero modem in the spotlight as Intelsat mulls MEO

Should Intelsat press forward with launching a medium Earth orbit (MEO) constellation, the satellite operator and aero ISP absolutely intend... Continue Reading

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ThinKom Ka2517 in the home stretch for Boeing linefit offerability

ThinKom Solutions says it’s in the home stretch to receiving linefit offerability for its ThinAir Ka2517 VICTS antenna as buyer furnis... Continue Reading

ThinKom Solutions' Ka2517 VICTA antenna sitting alongside the Hughes electronically steerable antenna in the same IFC package for airlines, as seen on display at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. Hughes will use this hybrid for one of its new IFC products.

Hughes eyes direct IFC approach with LEO-, GEO- and multi-band hybrid

At a time of massive disruption in inflight connectivity — colored by industry consolidation, the introduction of LEO satellite service to t... Continue Reading