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Airbus A350 in the airframer's livery is parked. Airbus has chosen two Type 4 antennas for its HBCplus programme.

Seamless’ category system for IFC antennas rates Airbus Type 4

Growing in impact every day, the Seamless Air Alliance’s Architecture/Interoperability group — chaired by Airbus and Boeing — has assessed t... Continue Reading

Delta Air Lines Boeing 717-200 fuselage to be equipped with Hughes

Delta taps Hughes for Ka-band GEO connectivity on 400-plus 717s, RJs

Hughes Network Systems, a relative newcomer to direct-to-airline inflight connectivity, is to install Ka-band satellite-supported inflight c... Continue Reading

Carlisle booth on a show floor. A large circular blue sign with the word Carlisle on it hovers over the stand.

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies sees big surge in IFEC activity

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, a key integrator of inflight entertainment and connectivity systems to aircraft, expects its engineering... Continue Reading

Outside close up of Boeing 777 flight deck.

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

ThinAir GT 2517: full-spectrum special-mission satcom terminal in flight (artist rendering)

Press Release: ThinKom secures type approval for Avanti’s HYLAS Ka

ThinKom Solutions, Inc. has secured type approval for communications across Avanti Communications’ (“Avanti”) fleet of HYLAS Ka-band satelli... Continue Reading

Rendering of the ThinKom ThinAir Plus antenna package, featuring the Ka2517 VICTS and a smaller ESA beside it in the same package, on a blue background

Press Release: ThinKom launches hybrid IFC antenna system

Airlines have a new choice when it comes to bringing high-performance inflight internet service on board. The modular ThinAir Plus architect... Continue Reading

A rendering of the ThinKom Ka-Band ThinAir Ka2517 antenna on a blue background. A dual-modem modman from Kontron is part of this package.

Press Release: Kontron, ThinKom offer Ka-band satcom antenna platform

Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computer Technology (ECT) and Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFE&C) solutio... Continue Reading

ThinKom develops new multi-orbit Ku solution for HBCplus consideration

ThinKom Solutions has secured a near 1,000-unit backlog for its Ka2517 VICTS antenna, of which a very significant portion is headed for inte... Continue Reading

Press Release: Astronics advances STC for 777 nextgen connectivity

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

A woman is sitting in an aircraft looking at her mobile device. A laptop also sits on the tray table in front of her. Image: Gilat

Gilat aims to differentiate with multi-orbit dual-beam aero ESA

First-generation electronically steerable antennas (ESAs) coming to the civil aviation market are being positioned as capable of talking to ... Continue Reading

A rendering of the ThinKom K/KA antenna for military use.

Press Release: ThinKom to produce multi-band conformal antenna

ThinKom has secured a major production contract for an airborne, multi-band, conformal antenna solution to support a military partner. Initi... Continue Reading

Press Release: SES, ThinKom, Hughes enable multi-orbit Gov connectivity

SES, ThinKom and Hughes demonstrated revolutionary high performance multi-orbit service capable of supporting multiple solutions for governm... Continue Reading

Young woman using a phone on board the aircraft

Airbus HBCplus could accelerate adoption of free Wi-Fi model: Safran

Much ink has been spilled about Airbus’ decision to offer supplier-furnished broadband inflight connectivity in the form of its new HBCplus ... Continue Reading

A man uses his smart phone on board an Alaska Airlines flight, which is equipped with Intelsat's WiFi solution. Alaska Airlines is a Seamless Air Alliance member along with Airbus, Boeing and Others

Airbus and Boeing drive IFC interoperability via Seamless Air Alliance

Co-chairing the Seamless Air Alliance’s inflight connectivity interoperability working group, Airbus and new member Boeing are “both driving... Continue Reading

Slide showing SES as MSP for Airbus HBCplus supplier-furnished IFC program

Airbus surprises with pact to add SES on supplier-furnished IFC

LONG BEACH — In a surprise move, Airbus has inked a letter of agreement with SES, paving the way for the satellite operator to become the se... Continue Reading