Satcom Direct

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, unveils an expanded range of service plans for Viasat’s Jet ConneX inflight broadband service. The new service plans will be made exclusively available to Satcom Direct operators, equipping their aircraft with the SD Plane Simple® Ka-band tail-mount terminal. The option includes the first-ever Power by the Hour option for Jet ConneX, enabling business-jet operators to pay an hourly rate for inflight connectivity.

Jet East, an aviation maintenance company offering full-service capabilities and 24/7 AOG maintenance, announces its new status as an approved Satcom Direct (SD) dealer. The collaboration allows Jet East to offer competitive installation prices, excellent performance speeds, and manageable subscription price options for in-flight connectivity.

Jet East, an aviation maintenance company offering full-service capabilities and 24/7 AOG maintenance, announces its new status as an approved Satcom Direct (SD) dealer. The collaboration allows Jet East to offer competitive installation prices, excellent performance speeds, and manageable subscription price options for in-flight connectivity.

The Satcom Direct Plane Simple® Ku-band tail-mounted antenna system receives Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplemental type certification (STC) approvals for Falcon 7X aircraft. Satcom Direct worked directly with Dassault Aircraft Services in Little Rock, AR, to obtain the STC, releasing the corresponding Plane Simple Ku Service Bulletin for the Falcon type in April 2023.

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, is adding a highly automated carbon reporting tool to the SD Pro® operating system. The new reporting module leverages real-time data generated by SD’s FlightDeck Freedom® (FDF) datalink service, which accurately captures fuel-burn information. The system then calculates each flight’s carbon emissions based on the amount of fuel burned, fuel type and blend. This presents operators with validated emissions data for individual aircraft, an entire fleet over a specified period, or for a selected flight.

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, is adding dual-dissimilar terminal capabilities to its expanding hardware portfolio. The dual-dissimilar technology equips an aircraft with the Plane Simple® Ku- and Ka-band tail-mount antennas (dual) to support two different satellite constellations (dissimilar), enabling Satcom Direct customers to leverage the best aspects of each network to deliver full redundancy and ensure uninterrupted consistent global connectivity.

Satcom Direct, a business and military aviation-solutions provider, is celebrating a landmark moment as the Plane Simple® antenna series officially enters commercial service. Following two years of development, rigorous testing, and a thorough customer in-service evaluation, the first antenna in the groundbreaking technology series is now commercially available for aircraft owners and operators seeking reliable, global, customized connectivity solutions that are future-proofed for evolving connectivity needs.

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, completes installation of the first Plane Simple® Ka-band antenna on a business jet. Equipped on the company’s SD Gulfstream G550, the prototype terminal, consisting of only two line-replaceable units (LRUs) — the tail-mount antenna and SD Modem Unit — is testing the advanced technology hardware’s compatibility with Inmarsat’s Jet ConneX inflight broadband service, powered by its Global Xpress constellation.

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, announces at EBACE 2022, a new three-way partnership agreement with OneWeb, a global communications company powered from space, and QEST, Quantenelektronische Systeme GmbH, a worldwide market leader in innovative aeronautical antennas.

Satcom Direct, a business-aviation solutions provider, announces that its FlightDeck Freedom® (FDF) flight-deck communications platform has been selected as the default data-link system for in-production Gulfstream G500™, Gulfstream G600™, and Gulfstream G650ER™ aircraft with initial line-fits already completed.