Trend: Connectivity

Australian Airline Jetstar Selects Viasat for IFC for Dreamliner Fleet

Editor’s Note: Our Via Satellite team was on the ground in Hamburg for Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), April 14-16, the industry’s premier gathering for cabin innovation, connectivity, and passenger experience. […]

IFC News Roundup from AIX

Editor’s Note: Our Via Satellite team was on the ground in Hamburg for Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), April 14-16, the industry’s premier gathering for cabin innovation, connectivity, and passenger experience. […]

Designing for Decades: Building Upgradeable IFC in a 30-Year Airframe

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Commercial aircraft routinely serve for a quarter century or more. Satellite constellations and modems, by contrast, evolve on a five-year cadence. That […]

Connected Avionics Are Redefining Aircraft Values

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) Modern aircraft generate an astonishing amount of data in flight. Every parameter from engine performance to flight control inputs is tracked and […]

USAF Looks To Replace Radios On HH-60Ws

The U.S. Air Force is looking to replace the Link-16 TacNet Tactical Radios (TTRs) by RTX‘s Collins Aerospace on the service’s fleet of Lockheed Martin HH-60W Jolly Green II combat […]

Flying at 5G Speed: How Next-Gen Connectivity Is Affecting Aircraft Avionics and Values

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) The global aviation sector is in the midst of a seismic technological shift as aircraft manufacturers, regulators, and service providers move to […]

B-52H Upgrades Face Supply Challenges

BARKSDALE AFB, La.–Announced by Boeing in 2009 and first fielded in 2014, the company’s Combat Network Communications Technology (CONECT) upgrade for the B-52H has been to replace old displays and […]

OEMs, Airlines Are Increasingly Adapting Avionics to a WiFi-Connected Sky

Global Avionics Round-Up from Aircraft Value News (AVN) How inflight connectivity is reshaping cockpits and airline strategy. The modern traveler’s expectations have evolved significantly over the past decade, with inflight […]

Starlink Lands United Deal for the Airline’s Full Fleet – Sept. 13

United Airlines tapped Starlink as its in-flight connectivity (IFC) provider, announcing a deal on Friday to equip the airline’s entire fleet with Starlink and offer the service to passengers for […]

4 Airlines Share Their Perspectives on the IFC Market

With the arrival of the multi-orbit era and airlines making decisions on how they will use satellite connectivity going forward, the market for in-flight connectivity (IFC) has entered an exciting […]