Mobility

Viasat has successfully completed the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) D0-160G certification process and the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) C-17 Modified Airworthiness Certification Criteria (MACC) testing for its Ku...

Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales and Leonardo, and SSL (a Maxar Technologies company), will pursue the development and manufacture of Telesat‘s global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite...

Saudi Arabia’s Taqnia Space (TSC) signed a multi-year contract for capacity on Eutelsat satellites. The contract includes incremental multi-transponder wide-beam capacity on the Eutelsat 70B satellite, as well as the...

GetSAT and Avanti Communications Group have successfully demonstrated the potential of Satellite on the Move (SOTM) capabilities in a recent trial. GetSAT is a supplier of small, lightweight satellite communication...

1. Major Changes for Satcom-Based Connectivity Connectivity onboard aircraft is growing at 30 percent annually, due to huge passenger demand driven by social media, video streaming and internet access. The...

Connectivity solutions provider KVH Industries recently hit a milestone, as it has shipped 8,000 mini Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems. The TracPhone V-series satellite communications antenna systems uses advanced...

Iridium has been boosted with addition of another Iridium Certus service provider. Rockwell Collins will add the Iridium Certus service to its suite of aircraft connectivity applications for commercial, government,...

Through a partnership with Viasat, Finnair has launched a new high-speed internet service on its narrow-body Airbus fleet on European flights. From today onwards, Finnair customers will enjoy in-flight internet...

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has appointed SES Government Solutions (SES GS) Senior Director of Business Development Paul Damphousse to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Commercial Space Transportation Advisory...

Intelsat has joined the Seamless Air Alliance, a U.S.-based consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of standards to facilitate a better, more seamless in-flight connectivity experience for passengers. Airbus,...