Business & GAQuestion #28 Will SBB move from L and Ku Bands to Ka band? ANSWER: SwiftBroadband is L-Band. Ka and Ku and L bands are all different parts of the satellite communications spectrum and therefore mutually exclusive. Learn more about this topic: Read the answers to…
Business & GACommon Face Long, expensive software development periods and the desire to bring more capabilities, faster to soldiers in the field spurred the creation of a new avionics software standard, designed to allow aircraft across…
Business & GAQuestion #13 Is the approximate $100,000 for setup and installation? What kind of data transfer are we talking annually? Is this per unit? ANSWER: The ~$100,000.00 price indication mentioned in Webinar slides represents the total acquisition and installation cost of an AVIATOR 200 system on a corporate midsize jet. This does not take into account…
Business & GAQuestion #29 What is the real payback for being connected? Can it pay for the installation based on operational benefit? ANSWER: It will depend on the application. A charter operator that installs a data connectivity solution for passenger use and who charges a fee, billed to each user, can not only pay…
Business & GAProduct Focus: Antennas With growing demand for in-flight connectivity, the question is increasingly not if but when operators will opt to equip their aircraft with broadband service. For antenna developers, this trend should yield opportunities…
Business & GAQuestion #14 What would be the indicative price for the usage of bandwidth per MB for example? ANSWER: Pricing of a Megabyte of data can range from a high of $8 to as low as $5 depending on the service package offered by any given service provider. We recommend…
Business & GAQuestion #30 What kind of equipment and recommendations should be accomplished by itself in order to have the equipment installed and STC Certified? ANSWER: The main piece of equipment is the RF Emulator that emits 4 watts of power for the EMI test that must be witnessed by a FAA DER. All equipment will need…
ATM ModernizationNew Products Wireless Delivery System Lumexis Corp. introduced WiPAX, a standalone wireless delivery solution for personal electronic devices (PED) in narrowbody aircraft. The Irvine, Calif.-based company said WiPAX is derived from the company’s Fiber-To-The-Screen…