Hughes Network Systems (an EchoStar subsidiary) together with aircraft connectivity specialist Gogo, is celebrating key milestones in their partnership to transform the in-flight connectivity experience in the business jet market with the on-time delivery of both the Gogo half-duplex (HDX) and full-duplex (FDX) Aviation electronically steerable antenna (ESA) terminals.

The pair say that the milestone is complemented by the recently announced first FAA-approved Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the Gogo Galileo FDX terminal for a Boeing BBJ aircraft and the Bombardier Challenger 600 series and a growing STC portfolio to enable high speed, low latency connectivity for over 9,000 business jets in the global fleet.

“With two Hughes ESA models for Gogo now in production and flying, business jet operators across the full range of aircraft types can fully leverage the advantages of the Eutelsat OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network to stay connected,” said Reza Rasoulian, SVP/GM of the Aviation Business Unit at Hughes. “Gogo’s expert validation of our ESA technology underscores our industry-leading capabilities, and we’re excited to support the business aviation sector with robust, scalable solutions that ensure high-throughput, low-latency, and uninterrupted in-flight connectivity.”

Hughes says that they have already commenced shipments of its Gogo FDX ESA terminals, engineered for larger airframes and higher-throughput connectivity demands. The Gogo FDX ESA builds upon the same flight-proven architecture as HDX, while introducing full-duplex operation to support more data-intensive applications in business aviation. Furthermore, Hughes has developed a Commercial Aviation ESA, leveraging the same underlying technology that is purpose-built to meet the performance, scalability, and certification requirements of commercial airline operations, which will soon be available.

“Hughes is a highly capable and dependable technology and manufacturing partner,” added Chris Moore, CEO/Gogo. “Their on-time delivery of both the HDX and FDX Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) systems has been instrumental in advancing our certification efforts. We’ve successfully obtained 19 STCs for HDX with another 21 in development, and now with the first two STCs for FDX and eight more underway, we are enabling scalable deployment across multiple airframes and accelerating our connectivity roadmap.”

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