AvL Technologies announces a new 1.55m tri-band manual point terminal.  The antenna is showcased in the AvL Technologies booth this week at SATELLITE 2022.

AvL Technologies announces a new 1.55m tri-band manual point terminal.  The antenna is showcased in the AvL Technologies booth this week at SATELLITE 2022.

AvL Technologies has been selected by SES to develop and produce 2.4m X-Y Ka-band transportable antennas to operate with O3b mPOWER, SES’s second-generation medium earth orbit (MEO) constellation. The antennas are now in development and a pre-production prototype is featured in AvL’s booth this week at the SATELLITE 2022 show.

Satellite operator Thaicom, in partnership with SpaceBridge Inc., the OEM designer and manufacturer of VSAT platform, of broadband satellite communications systems technology, and WTD, an Indonesian ISP, allowing for high-speed connectivity anywhere in the Indonesian territory,  announced today the delivery and commissioning of an HTS multiple spot beam (MSB) Ku-band broadband VSAT network. SpaceBridge Inc.

HISPASAT, the Spanish operator and satellite solutions and services provider owned by the Red Eléctrica Group, has reached an agreement to acquire the company AXESS Networks, a  teleport operator and satellite services provider with a presence in Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  

To shed light on ST Engineering iDirect's advanced mobility solutions for various verticals such as the aeronautical, maritime, rail and other markets, Satellite Markets and Research spoke with Sean Yarborough, VP-Product Management,  ST Engineering iDirect.  Excerpts of the interview follows:

Please give us a brief overview of ST Engineering iDirect’s offerings for advanced mobility applications?

Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer Gallium Nitride (GaN) based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) has confirmed the initial production orders for high power SSPAs in support of SES O3b mPOWER gateways. The order follows nearly three years of work between the companies to implement this forward-looking technology into the O3b mPOWER system.

For many people one of the numerous frustrations of the last two years has been being “grounded”. Travel was one of the hardest hit sectors during Covid.  Not only did many countries close their borders, in many parts of the world local restrictions, coupled with fear of catching the virus, kept people close to home, so similarly impacting domestic and international travel.

BridgeComm, a leader in optical wireless communications (OWC) solutions and services, today announced it has named Michael Abad-Santos Chief Executive Officer as Barry A. Matsumori steps down from the position he has held since 2017.

XipLink Inc., the technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, is pleased to announce a successful collaboration with GTD in Chile to support the government project Conectividad para La Educación 2030 in that country. The solution utilizes XipLink’s XipOS version 6 software and XA appliance technology, allowing the intelligent aggregation of several VSAT Links into one single bandwidth pool for remote sites requiring higher capacity and always-on connectivity.