Avionics
SwiftBroadband set to make bizjet debut
After years of development and months of anticipation, Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite aeronautical data service is finally poised for takeoff.

After years of development and months of anticipation, Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite aeronautical data service is finally poised for takeoff.

Hardware maker EMS Satcom and SwiftBroadband service provider Satcom Direct have been working with Boeing’s corporate flight department to bring the global area network data capability to the company’s fleet of Challengers and Boeing Business Jets. Hardware installations are scheduled to be finished by the end of this month, after which Boeing executives will have in-flight access to the Internet at speeds not experienced since the company’s own Connexion by Boeing satellite data service still operated.