ConnectivityPanasonic Avionics, ThinKom Partner to Develop Next Generation Ku-band Antenna Panasonic Avionics has established a new partnership with ThinKom Solutions, Inc. to develop a new, next-generation Ku-band in-flight connectivity (IFC) antenna, the two companies announced Sept. 7 Under the new partnership, the…
Business & GAIS&S Earns EASA, Transport Canada Type Certification for King Air AutoThrottle The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) have issued Supplemental Type Certification (STC) to Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc.(IS&S) for its ThrustSense autothrottle technology for all…
ConnectivityIridium Certus Aircraft Service Provider and Terminal Supplier Network Continues to Expand When Iridium first introduced Certus in 2016, its main aviation application appeared to be air transport category aircraft that already use the satellite operator's existing L-band network. While that does remain the…
CommercialPODCAST: Air Canada Cargo's Tomal Sohorab Talks Latest Connected Aircraft Progress On this episode of the Connected Aircraft Podcast, we feature a presentation given by Tomal Sohorab, Manager of Cargo Solutions at Air Canada Cargo, during the latest installment of our live Connected…
ConnectivityPanasonic Avionics Introduces Bundle Business Model for Airline In-flight Connectivity Panasonic Avionics has introduced a series of new “connectivity bundles” designed to help optimize the way commercial airlines pay for the data and bandwidth necessary to deliver in-flight internet services to passengers.…
ConnectivityInmarsat CTO Talks Impact of Future GEO-LEO-5G Network for Aviation Inmarsat recently unveiled its plans to establish Orchestra, a future communications configuration that will combine existing geosynchronous (GEO) satellites with low earth orbit satellites (LEO) and terrestrial 5G into an integrated network.…
CommercialBoeing 737 ecoDemonstrator Flights Test Satellite Internet for Pilot-to-Controller Communications The heavily modified Alaska Airlines 737-9 being operated by Boeing for its 2021 ecoDemonstrator program will provide the opportunity for Inmarsat to evaluate the use of Internet Protocol Suite (IPS)-based satellite data…
ATM ModernizationNorth Atlantic Airspace OTS NIL Initiative Ends as NATS and IATA Study the Benefits NATS, the air navigation service provider for the UK, has ended its initiative, OTS NIL, introduced in March to eliminate the Organized Track Structure (OTS) in the North Atlantic's oceanic airspace. Now,…
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