Cabin Interior and Electronics
L-3 Reports Progress On 747-8 VVIP Completions At EBACE
Delivery of the first ever VVIP -8 expected by end of ‘14

Completion specialist L-3 Platform Integration of Waco, Texas reported at EBACE 2014 “significant progress” on completing two 747-8 VVIP aircraft for undisclosed customers. One of the aircraft is slated to become the first ever 747-8 VVIP completion.

Installation of high-bandwidth ViaSat satcom systems on the two aircraft was completed in February and April, respectively. The systems feature 36-inch Ku-band antennas on the upper fuselage, each antenna installed under a low-profile, aerodynamically optimized radome, providing speeds of up to 4 Mbps on the uplink and 1 Mbps on the downlink.

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