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GDC Touts First 787 JetWave Install
Company is developing STCs for Ka-band satcom service on execliners “from the 747 down.”
At its Fort Worth, Texas shop, GDC Technics is well on its way to completing a JetWave Ka-band system in a Boeing BBJ787 Dreamliner.
At its Fort Worth, Texas shop, GDC Technics is well on its way to completing a JetWave Ka-band system in a Boeing BBJ787 Dreamliner.

Having completed the first Ka-band satcom installation on an executive-configured Boeing 787 this year, GDC Technics (Booth C9425) arrives at NBAA 2017 “on track to deliver the STCs for installing the Honeywell Ka-band JetWave” on Airbus and Boeing executive airliners “from the 747 down,” said Mohammed Alzeer, GDC general partner. The company has invested $11 million in obtaining the approvals and now has STCs for JetWave on the BBJ747-300/400; BBJ777-200/300; BBJ737-600/700/900; and the ACJ319/320. The installation uses a JetWave terminal to link to Inmarsat’s Jet Connex satellite network, providing “in-flight connectivity that is as good as at home and in the office,” Alzeer said. Ka-band service supports video streaming, voice over IP, live TV, VPN and other bandwidth-intensive applications.


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