Avionics
Satcom Direct enters in-flight datalink market
The company that has given satcom service providers the most competition in the phone and Internet arena will now compete in the market for airborne flight

The company that has given satcom service providers the most competition in the phone and Internet arena will now compete in the market for airborne flight-information services, too.  

Satcom Direct, a reseller of satellite voice and data services, last month launched FlightDeck Freedom, a suite of datalink services that lets business jet crews use existing data communications links to receive content from their preferred providers.
The company has struck deals with Universal Weather & Aviation, Air Routing and Skyplan to provide en route weather, flight planning, text messaging and other data services to the cockpits of customer airplanes.