Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

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Satcom Direct has doubled the footprint at its Melbourne, Florida headquarters to 10,000 sq ft as part of an ongoing multi-phase expansion. The increased footprint came with the completion of the second phase, or “Bravo” stage, involving an expanded SD Data Center that was designed to Category 5 hurricane-proof standards.

 


With the addition, the company has that increased capacity for at least 120 more server cabinets that provide secure data storage for clients of all sizes, the company said. Satcom Direct began the Bravo phase when the existing data center was nearing targeted capacity goals. Installation of the infrastructure is under way, with customer server cages and cabinets in process.

 


Its data center provides space for the creation of private networks for clients when connected to SD hardware, software, and satellite connectivity. These private networks enable compliance with security protocols in the aircraft environment similar to at any other corporate location, Satcom Direct said.

 


“The SD Data Center provides efficient and secure transport of data across a self-owned, fully redundant and highly scalable network,” said Chris Moore, SD's president for business aviation. “The latest figures collated from our existing threat-monitoring subscribers show that this is becoming more necessary.”

 


Phase three, or "Charlie," is&nbsp;in the planning stage to support customized offerings for aviation clients, the company said.

Satcom Direct Expands Data Center

The expansion doubled the space of Satcom Direct's footprint in Melbourne, Florida.

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