Trend: Connectivity

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 […]

FLYHT Receives STC Certification for the AFIRS Edge(TM) on Boeing 737 NG Aircraft

CALGARY, AB/ June 11, 2024 / FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (“FLYHT” or the “Company”) (TSXV:FLY)(OTCQX:FLYLF) today announced that Transport Canada has issued FLYHT a Supplemental Type Certificate (“STC”) for the […]

SatixFy and SCOTTY Group Partner to Supply In-Flight Connectivity Terminals – May 22

Rehovot, Israel, May 22, 2024 – SatixFy Communications Ltd. (“SatixFy”) (NYSE American: SATX), a leader in next-generation satellite communication systems based on in-house-developed chipsets, announced a collaboration and the first […]

Curtiss-Wright Teams With Ultra PCS For New HUMS Offering

LAS VEGAS – Curtiss-Wright and Ultra PCS are teaming up to build a new cockpit voice and data recorder that also includes health and usage monitoring of rotorcraft.  The so-called […]

Satcom Direct Installs Prototype Ka-Band Antenna for Testing, Validation

Satcom Direct installed the first Plane Simple Ka-band antenna on an SD Gulfstream G550. The Ka-band antenna is a prototype terminal, the second in the SD Plane Simple antenna series, […]

PODCAST: Intelsat’s John Wade Talks Future of Software-defined Satellites and In-flight Connectivity

On this episode of the Connected Aviation Intelligence Podcast, we feature a sponsored interview with Intelsat. John Wade, president of the commercial aviation division of Intelsat, joins the episode to […]

Inmarsat 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 […]

Alphabet Shutters Loon Venture

Alphabet, parent company of Google, is shutting down Loon, its subsidiary dedicated to providing broadband from balloons in the stratosphere. Loon CEO Alastair Westgarth announced the news in a Medium blog post on Jan. […]