A lifelong aviation enthusiast who joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in 2007, Curt came to&nbsp;the publication&nbsp;from the broadcast industry where he was a national science and technology television reporter and producer. He writes on the FBO field, aviation finance, and sustainable aviation and occasionally contributes to&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;sister publication&nbsp;Business Jet Traveler. Curt was a member of the AINtv reporting staff that won the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for Best Airshow Daily. That same year, he was a finalist for another AJOYA award. He earned an AJOYA for Best Business Aviation Submission in 2018 and was a finalist in that category in 2021. He received the National Air Transportation Association’s&nbsp; Aviation Journalist Award in 2012 and won a Pegasus Sapphire Business Aviation Award for outstanding journalism in 2021.
Before joining AIN, Curt worked with&nbsp;Consumer Reports’ television division, CRTV, and for several local television news staffs. An honors graduate of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he earned a master’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University in 1995. Curt lives in New York State with his wife and two young sons.

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Curt Epstein

Mobile communications provider Cobham Satcom is introducing the latest edition of its Aviator portfolio of airborne systems at this year's NBAA Convention. The compact Aviator S series, suitable for light to large-cabin jets,&nbsp;will enter the qualification phase of development this year with expected certification in 2018 through an EASA TSO.

 


The Aviator 200S, which weighs a little more than 13 pounds, is the smallest and lightest Inmarsat system available, according to the manufacturer. The two-LRU solution with a Helga antenna is specifically suited to business aircraft with limited space for equipment.

 


Designed for easy installation, the Aviator series also includes the Aviator 600S with IGA5001 antenna, and 700S with HGA antenna, both of which support separate channels for the cockpit and for the cabin.

 


Through Inmarsat’s new SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) IP data service, the series will give pilots access to four-dimensional information.

 


Cobham’s Aviator series provides voice and data communications on a broad range of business jets, enabling office-in-the-sky functionality. The Aviator 200 and 300 systems provide an upgrade path from legacy Aero M units, while the 300D, 350, 700 and 700D systems are certified on large number of business jets.

 


At its booth (N4027), the company is also highlighting its Aviator Special Purpose (SP) systems, which allow smaller aircraft—that require multichannel for expanded bandwidth requirements or special environmental qualifications—to use the L-band on the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband network.

 


Denmark-based Cobham Satcom also offers a range of high-, intermediate- and low-gain Inmarsat aeronautical&nbsp;antennas to support Inmarsat SwiftBroadband, Swift 64 and classic Aero I/M services.&nbsp;

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New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

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