Lufthansa Group plans to equip all 227 narrowbody aircraft in the fleets of Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and Eurowings with broadband internet access within the next 15 months.

Thales Avionics is plotting an avionics development strategy where less is more.

Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp. is set to provide $1 billion of a $1.2 billion capital fund for OneWeb Ltd. to use in developing technology and building a constellation of at least 720 low Earth orbit communications smallsats to extend Internet connectivity worldwide.

The European Space Agency and Thales Alenia Space last week signed a contract that secures the European portion of the ExoMars 2020 mission.

Satellite operator Inmarsat has switched the launch of the Inmarsat S-band/Hellas-Sat 3 telecommunications spacecraft to Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket, as a result of delays in the launch schedule of original launch provider SpaceX.

The aviation trade is facing a dilemma as passenger demand for flights goes through the roof while customers increasingly demand more for less from airlines.

SpaceX has yet to present a final report to the FAA’s commercial space office, which licenses commercial launches, on the company's September pad explosion that destroyed an Israeli satellite.

Airline and MROs exchange many work packages and information via PDFs. GE and Capgemini partner to facilitate data exchange across industry.