Airborne Wireless Network updates on Infinitus Super Highway
Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN) has issued an update on how the testing of its Infinitus Super Highway inflight…
Inmarsat and ESA complete major Iris ATM milestone
Inmarsat and the European Space Agency (ESA), have successfully completed the first test flight using the world’s most…
Arralis announces new Ka-band phased array antennas for IFC
Arralis has announced new Ka-band analogue phase shifters that could enable electronically-steerable, low-profile antennas to be offered to…
What next for Inmarsat after rejected Echostar bid?
Anyone watching the UK stock market can’t have failed to notice the roller coaster ride that Inmarsat has…
Researchers reach 8Gbps on V-band air-to-ground link
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany have succeeded in transferring data signals at a…
Battle hotting up for US air-to-ground inflight connectivity
From being a one-horse race (Gogo) a few years ago, the US marketplace for air-to-ground (ATG) inflight connectivity…
Gogo 2Ku-equipped aircraft first to use SES-15 HTS capacity
Gogo announced today that it now has more than 200 aircraft equipped with its 2Ku inflight connectivity technology…
What’s next for inflight connectivity avionics for bizjets?
Sponsored Feature: The inflight connectivity landscape has changed dramatically over the last 10 years. From being a relatively…
Airborne Wireless Network set for ‘internet in the sky’
Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN) is on course to launch its “Infinitus Super Highway”, which it says could provide…
Phasor bizjet ESA flat panel could be available in 2019
Phasor’s innovative flat-panel electronically-steerable antenna (ESA) could be commercially available for smaller business aircraft in 2019. That was…
L/Ku/Ka-band satellites – what does it all mean?
Originally published three years ago, this feature on the differences between L-, Ku-and Ka-band inflight connectivity systems has…
Airborne Wireless Network reports successful test flights
Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN) says it has completed “proof of concept” flights showing that high-speed data could be…
Feature: What exactly is Aircraft eEnablement?
If you haven’t come across the term Aircraft eEnablement you soon will. It is the latest buzz word…
Feature: Dave Davis says industry consolidation is inevitable
Until recently, Dave Davis was the CEO of Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE). He recently left the organisation, but…
Inflight connectivity: what next after Ka-band frequencies?
There has always been a war of words between Ku- and Ka-band operators, with both claiming their service…
What new satellite antenna technologies are on the horizon?
The recent AeroConnect 2016 conference in London included a couple of presentations on satellite antenna technology from Gilat…
APEXEXPO: What could onboard connectivity power by 2025?
Future Travel Experience recently recruited a number of experts to co-create the Onboard Connectivity 2025 Think Tank vision.…
Feature: SITAONAIR – meeting the challenge of inflight safety
In a guest piece, Paul Gibson, Portfolio Director, AIRCOM, SITAONAIR, outlines the impact the loss of AF477 and…