Focus: Aviation

Airborne Wireless Network (AWN) has successfully completed a series of flight tests with two Boeing 767-300 jetliners over New Mexico as proof of concept for the company’s proposed air-to-air broadband...

In this video interview at Inmarsat’s head office in London, Inmarsat’s CEO Rupert Pearce talks in-depth about the connected car, and why he thinks this market will be a tougher nut for the satellite industry to crack...

Gogo plans to accelerate installations of its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) setups on airliners and business jets within the month, expanding its customer base and upgrading existing aircraft installations with new...

Inmarsat’s global In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) survey shows that 60 percent of passengers believe in-flight Wi-Fi is a necessity, not a luxury, according to the company. The survey also shows that...

While transportation cybersecurity spending is expected to increase from $8 billion currently to around $14 billion by 2022, according to ABI Research, the industry could still be vulnerable. Michela Menting,...

Aireon announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Saudi Arabia’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). SANS is managing one of the largest...

To capitalize on the swell of demand for In-Flight Connectivity (IFC), Inmarsat is tackling aviation on two fronts simultaneously by introducing services for both passengers and the cockpit. According to...

In this article from our archives, we talked to Lufthansa's Product Director about the airline's first incursions in providing satellite-based In-Flight Connectivity (IFC). With the Paris Air Show 2017 going on this week and since the Global Connected Aircraft Summit happened just a few weeks ago, it's interesting to contrast how things have changed...

Orolia, through its McMurdo brand, announced its Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System (GADSS) compliant Distress Tracking Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT-DT) at this week’s Paris Air Show. The Kannad GADSS ELT-DT will enable the...

Flyht Aerospace Solutions announced it has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for Flyht’s emergency data streaming technology, which has been initially enabled in a...