Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
QEST expects mechanical antennae to remain key to the in-flight connectivity market for many years to come. The company’s latest offering demonstrates its commitment to that segment, even as it continues to work on ESAs for the longer-term future.
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Digging deep with Intelsat on the future of in-flight connectivity
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
With the deal closing just a couple weeks ago Intelsat is still very much in the nascent stages of digesting its acquisition of Gogo’s Commercial Aviation business. PaxEx.Aero secured exclusive access to CEO Steven Spengler and Aviation President John …
NXTCOMM boosts antenna development, certification leadership
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
How important is hardware certification for an in-flight connectivity antenna manufacturer? At ESA upstart NXTCOMM the newly hired VP of Aero Structures and Certification will report directly to the CEO to help ensure that the program faces as few inte…
NXTCOMM boosts antenna development, certification leadership
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
How important is hardware certification for an in-flight connectivity antenna manufacturer? At ESA upstart NXTCOMM the newly hired VP of Aero Structures and Certification will report directly to the CEO to help ensure that the program faces as few inte…
Viasat phased array antenna moves into final testing phase for O3b integration
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
The Viasat Ka-band solid-state, fully-electronic phased array flat panel antenna is ready to begin the final stages of testing on the SES O3b mPOWER constellation. The system entered the Test Readiness Review (TRR) stage of the program. TRR is the fina…
NXTCOMM set for ESA testing and more with Eutelsat contract
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Of course you need satellite capacity to test a new antenna solution, so signing a contract for that isn’t particularly surprising. But the vision NXTCONN has for how it might make use of the capacity going forward is far more interesting, a break from…
NXTCOMM set for ESA testing and more with Eutelsat contract
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Of course you need satellite capacity to test a new antenna solution, so signing a contract for that isn’t particularly surprising. But the vision NXTCONN has for how it might make use of the capacity going forward is far more interesting, a break from…
Astronics still sees opportunity in BizAv IFC market
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
Astronics is ready to move beyond the AeroSat antenna challenges of years past. In today’s quarterly earnings call CEO Peter Gundermann exuded confidence in the potential for the company’s latest partnership, with SES and Collins Aerospace, for a tail-…
Astronics still sees opportunity in BizAv IFC market
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Astronics is ready to move beyond the AeroSat antenna challenges of years past. In today’s quarterly earnings call CEO Peter Gundermann exuded confidence in the potential for the company’s latest partnership, with SES and Collins Aerospace, for a tail-…
Amazon commits $10 billion to Kuiper LEO constellation
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
What does it take to put a new low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation into service? The myriad technical challenges are not to be underestimated, of course, but a lot of it comes down to money. In the case of the Amazon Kupier project that’s a …
Amazon commits $10 billion to Kuiper LEO constellation
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
What does it take to put a new low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation into service? The myriad technical challenges are not to be underestimated, of course, but a lot of it comes down to money. In the case of the Amazon Kupier project that’s a …
Going digital with APEX Experience: The Weekly Wrap-12 June 2020
This week we’re going behind the scenes with the APEX Media team to talk about the latest issue of the APEX Experience Magazine, the first all-digital edition in history. Plus Delta’s new plans for inflight connectivity, more connecting options and a w…
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Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
This week we’re going behind the scenes with the APEX Media team to talk about the latest issue of the APEX Experience Magazine, the first all-digital edition in history. Plus Delta’s new plans for inflight connectivity, more connecting options and a w…
Astronics feels the pain of production, retrofit slowdowns
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
As a key supplier of systems for commercial aircraft production and retrofit work it is no surprise that Astronics will see a significant hit to its revenue in 2020. The company is not providing formal guidance, but in its quarterly earnings call this …
Scratch that ESA from the market, at least for now
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
With Astronics cutting exposure to the inflight connectivity antenna business some commercial aircraft products are likely looking for new partners. That’s bad news for airlines hoping to see new tech flying soon.
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Gilat delivers a successful Ka-band ESA test flight with Honeywell, Telesat
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
Finally some good news worth celebrating in the ESA space. Gilat’s new kit went flying on Honeywell’s 757 and successfully linked with a Telesat GEO Ka-band satellite.
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DLD 260: APEX EXPO 2019–The hunt for news!
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
When APEX, AIX and IFSA get together there should be enough going on to generate some interesting news. Or, perhaps not. The annual Fall trade show bonanza was slow this year, but we still managed to find a few things to talk about.
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DLD 260: APEX EXPO 2019–The hunt for news!
Written by Seth Miller @ Dots, Lines & Destinations
When APEX, AIX and IFSA get together there should be enough going on to generate some interesting news. Or, perhaps not. The annual Fall trade show bonanza was slow this year, but we still managed to find a few things to talk about.
OneWeb plans faster, better inflight connectivity network
Written by Seth Miller @ Wandering Aramean
With a mission statement of “Internet access everywhere, for everyone” OneWeb has plenty of markets where it can deliver its product to excited customers. Going forward the company wants commercial aviation to be a large part of that conversation. The …
OneWeb details its aviation plans
Written by Seth Miller @ PaxEx.Aero
With a mission statement of “Internet access everywhere, for everyone” OneWeb has plenty of markets where it can deliver its product to excited customers. Going forward the company wants commercial aviation to be a large part of that conversation. The …