While Iridium has been able to raise the $3 billion needed to build and orbit the new system, which includes spares for backup, getting back to space has been a challenge.

Aircraft are ever more connected to the internet, in the cabin, the cockpit and to the maintenance shop.

Satellite fleet operators old and new see rising growth in aeronautic, maritime broadband.

When aerospace executives look at digital opportunities, too many use the traditional technology lens without sufficiently evaluating business model impacts.

Now that connectivity is virtually a given, airlines are beginning to look up and down the value chain for low-cost upgrades that generate big savings.

Over the next decade, worldwide IFE component and modifications work is expected to generate more than $18 billion in demand.

ISRO’s satellite center will help train companies to assemble and test spacecraft.

Thales and satellite operator SES have signed two intertwined agreements to offer a new connectivity service over the Americas, claiming “optic fiber-like” speed.