Avionics
Avidyne and Globalstar Partner on Airborne Connectivity
The new systems will offer connection speeds up to 256 kbps, with near-worldwide coverage.
 Jay Monroe, Globalstar chairman and CEO (l), and Avidyne president and CEO Dan Schwinn sign a partnership agreement to provide high-performance airborne connectivity at lower prices.
Jay Monroe, Globalstar chairman and CEO (l), and Avidyne president and CEO Dan Schwinn sign a partnership agreement to provide high-performance airborne connectivity at lower prices.

Competition is heating up in the smaller-aircraft segment of the airborne connectivity market, with Avidyne and Globalstar announcing a strategic partnership to offer satcom Internet and voice systems for light to midsize business and general aviation aircraft. Under the partnership, Avidyne will provide the systems to aircraft OEMs and via its dealers. Globalstar will provide the satcom infrastructure using its second-generation satellite network, which will provide connection speeds of multiples of Globalstar's current 9.6 kbps (kilobits per second).


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