Creating WAVES at AIX and Other Industry News
WAvES Many of you may not have had the opportunity to visit Northern Avionics during AIX; however, the IFExpress team had the opportunity to visit their exhibit which boasted a new line of seat-back and cabin monitors, as well as, a new PSS. Their inflight entertainment platform is called WAvES, which stands for Wireless Avionics Entertainment System and it is comprised of a server with 1 TB solid-state storage and an IEEE 802.11ac tri-band wireless access point in a single box weighing less than 4 lbs. Waves was designed to provide the smallest installation footprint and AOG time in the industry. ...
News from Inmarsat at AIX, Gogo and Airbus Celebrates Their 50th Anniversary
During AIX Inmarsat celebrated the 1000th installation of their inflight broadband services (GX, JetConneX, and EAN) and discussed how they envisioned the strategy to create a global network to provide Ka-band coverage 8 years ago and how far they have come since its conception. Presently, four satellites are up, and they will have the 5th up later this year. The 5th satellite on its own will have more capacity than the previous 4 combined and it will be focused on Europe and the Middle East, which are high capacity corridors. The next generation of GX satellites are a quantum leap ...
Innovations from Cadami and aeroLiFi, News and More!
You may not have had the opportunity to swing by the Cadami and aeroLiFi booth during AIX in April, but never fear, your intrepid IFExpress reporters have you covered! Cadami Cadami is an expert and a market leader in coded caching and media transmission technology. Their technology allows you to provide a huge library of high-quality multi-media content to more users without updating your hardware. Cadami technology has its roots in academic research into the theoretical potential of coded caching and transmission. It is our understanding from talking with Cadami during AIX that currently, they are the only company making these techniques ...
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Creating WAVES at AIX and Other Industry News
WAvES Many of you may not have had the opportunity to visit Northern Avionics during AIX; however, the IFExpress team had the opportunity to visit their exhibit which boasted a new line of seat-back and cabin monitors, as well as, a new PSS. Their inflight entertainment platform is called WAvES, which stands for Wireless Avionics Entertainment... [Read more]
News from Inmarsat at AIX, Gogo and Airbus Celebrates Their 50th Anniversary
During AIX Inmarsat celebrated the 1000th installation of their inflight broadband services (GX, JetConneX, and EAN) and discussed how they envisioned the strategy to create a global network to provide Ka-band coverage 8 years ago and how far they have come since its conception. Presently, four satellites are up, and they will have the 5th... [Read more]
Innovations from Cadami and aeroLiFi, News and More!
You may not have had the opportunity to swing by the Cadami and aeroLiFi booth during AIX in April, but never fear, your intrepid IFExpress reporters have you covered! Cadami Cadami is an expert and a market leader in coded caching and media transmission technology. Their technology allows you to provide a huge library of high-quality multi-media... [Read more]
Thales InFlyt-360 Select Launch Customer and Their Acquisition of Gemalto
The acquisition of Gemalto was the prime focus of Thales during AIX. “This is a special day for Thales,” said Philippe Carette, Thales InFlyt Chief Executive. The 4.8 Billion euro acquisition of the digital security provider provides the company with a strong role in digital security that will cover the entire credit card chain in the... [Read more]
Panasonic Avionics Launches ARC 3D Map and Insight – Promotes the Concept of Travel as the ‘4th Place’ – During AIX Hamburg
(Image: Dinosaur Planet from the ARC 3D Map Suite of Young Explorers from Panasonic Avionics) During AIX Hamburg Panasonic Avionics Corporation (PAC) focused on their position as a strategic partner shaping the future travel experience in conjunction with their airline customers and ecosystem partners. PAC said, “We are looking at ways... [Read more]
AirStreamer From WiFi Technologies of Belgium and Other News
As always, there is so much ground to cover during Aircraft Interiors Hamburg that the IFExpress team feels we barely scratch the surface on all the IFEC related exhibitors at the expo. Besides the major players in the industry there are many smaller hardware and service providers that truly have some innovative solutions and this week we... [Read more]
The Digital Journey Continued and More Industry News
This issue of IFExpress continues on the Digital Trends journey from the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC) in Hamburg, Germany. We will wrap up the coverage up by navigating our readers through the final two sessions. TAKING THE PAIN OUT OF THE DIGITAL JOURNEY This was the first new stream in the afternoon and it focused on how the latest... [Read more]
PEC Digital Trends Stream and More News!
Two Digital Trends Breakout Sessions – 2019 Passenger Experience Conference In last week’s issue of IFExpress we reviewed the opening session from the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC) held in Hamburg, Germany earlier this month. This week, we will focus on the conference’s Digital: The New Reality Breakout Sessions. We found... [Read more]
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