A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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UK-based Aero-Satcom is now a Value Added Reseller (VAR) of the Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) high speed Ka-band service, in the wake of an agreement just signed with the satellite communications provider. Aero-Satcom will begin provisioning a fleet of Europe-based head-of-state aircraft this month, the company reported. The fleet retrofit is expected to be completed and fully operational by the end of February. 
Aero-Satcom, a joint venture between France’s Eclipse and the UK’s NSSLGlobal, will add value to the core GX service by supporting the delivery of onboard solutions developed by Eclipse that provide onboard bandwidth management, bandwidth optimization, and credit card payments for passenger internet access.
Shaun Flanagan, Aero-Satcom sales director, noted, “The aero global government market rarely wants a ‘standard’ package, and values the expertise of Aero-Satcom to add value through custom technologies that help them get the most from their data. Our ability to access a satcom laboratory installation of the aeronautical satcom system that supports Global Xpress gives Aero-Satcom a big advantage in terms of better supporting customer demonstrations and developing these kinds of custom-specific applications.”
Aero-Satcom aims to meet the market need for an all-around aeronautical satellite communications company “that bridges the gap between two complex industries: the government aircraft industry and government sector mobile satellite services,” according to the company.
Andy Start, president, Inmarsat Global Government, said Aero-Satcom “plays an important role in helping us roll out GX to this highly specialized market.”

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