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Intelsat | August 26, 2022

Intelsat, operator of one of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of inflight connectivity (IFC), today announced the beginning of Intelsat’s inflight connectivity services in Indian skies through an agreement with Nelco, India’s leading satellite communication service provider.This agreement is welcome news for Intelsat’s airline partners and flyers as they will enjoy end-to-end broadband coverage on domestic and internati...

Air Transport

Travelpro | December 28, 2021

There's no doubt about it, flight crews are the heroes of the sky. That's why Travelpro® – the luggage brand of choice for over 90 airlines globally announced its #SmilesInTheSky campaign, which aims to recognize and reward these unsung heroes this holiday season. As general negativity and even violence against flight crews and airline employees has increased, Travelpro® is looking to shift the sentiment and conversation to create a more respectful travel environment, and r...

Aviation Technology

SkyGrid | October 07, 2021

SkyGrid, a Boeing, SparkCognition company, announced today that it has released a new autonomous remote UAV operations capability to allow flight managers and operators to control and execute flights from remote locations. Using artificial intelligence and a broad array of airspace-related data feeds, SkyGrid is enabling safe remote operations for missions involving single and multiple drones. Organizations can use SkyGrid to facilitate routine inspections over an area of interest...

Aviation Technology

Toshiba, Fortem Technologies, Inc. | March 23, 2021

Toshiba Corporation today declared that Toshiba Infrastructure Systems and Solutions Corporation, the Toshiba Group organization spend significant time in the worldwide infrastructure business (hereinafter Toshiba), has gone into an essential business collusion with Fortem Technologies, Inc. (from now on Fortem), and put 15 million USD in the organization. Fortem is an innovation chief in counter-drone security and Toshiba, through the coalition, intends to extend its radar-based security soluti...