Focus: Aviation

Air Canada has begun offering next-generation, satellite connectivity on its wide-body international fleet with the introduction of Air Canada Wi-Fi provided by Gogo. Starting with its Boeing 777-300ER flights, the...

While Global Eagle gets to try out its LEO-compatible hardware and shape ground segment architectures, Telesat will see its maritime and aviation appeal reach new horizons...

American Airlines has a fleet of 950 aircraft that carried 200 million passengers in 2017, but how many of those passengers had a happy in-flight internet experience? Though that’s hard...

You might expect people speaking at the 2018 Global Connected Aircraft Summit to represent companies more invested in connectivity than any other. You might be surprised. While many passengers, especially...

Phasor, a developer of Electronically-Steered Antenna (ESA) systems for mobile broadband, has announced a commercial partnership with Astronics AeroSat. Under the agreement, the two companies will produce scalable, dual-beam ESA-based...

SmartSky Networks has created the new role of chief commercial officer and hired Nancy Walker to fill it. Walker will lead SmartSky’s network-related sales and marketing efforts across sectors including business...

Viasat has announced that Embraer is the first original equipment manufacturer to select Viasat’s high-speed, high-capacity Ka-band connectivity solution for its Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 executive jets. Aircraft will...

Iridium Communications has announced Gogo as the newest value-added manufacturer for Iridium Certus aviation terminals. As an Iridium Certus service provider, Gogo is the first company to design and manufacture...

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ Defense and Rocket Support Services Division was awarded the Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2), Multiple Award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. This is a...

Honeywell is collaborating with AT&T to use the Internet of Things (IOT) for a range of solutions intended to help companies improve productivity, reliability and asset performance. Honeywell is working...