iDirect - Advancing a Connected World - Aeronautical Update - Alexandre Gonçalves

1. © 2008 VT iDirect, Inc.
iDirect – Aeronautical Update
SSPI – September 2014

2. Commercial Aero Market – At a Glance
• Total Commercial fleet
• ~17,500 narrow body planes in service
• ~3,500 wide body planes in service
• ~60 airlines are implementing or planning for
connectivity on-board
• Over 3,200 aircraft connected today
• 2,000 ATG
• 1,200 Satellite
• 81% of connected aircraft are in America
• Also ~19,000 business jets in service today
Source: Euroconsult

3. Industry Leaders

4. Panasonic, GoGo, Honeywell, etc.
• iDirect has developed aero since 2007
• Panasonic offers 20 Ku band beams
operated out of 10 teleports covering 99.6%
of all airline routes.
• Honeywell designing ‘JetWave’ aero
terminals for Inmarsat GX platform.
• GoGo operates iDirect hubs installed on 5
different continents.
• Technology can be line fit: Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Bombardier
• Serviced airlines include Lufthansa, United, Etihad, Cathay
Pacific, Hawaiian, Singapore, SAS, Turkish Air, etc.
Watch video on BBC: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28254113

5. Aero Connectivity Considerations
• Simple to manage
• Global & Secure network connectivity
• Support for high-speed platforms
• Tracking and management of mobile terminals
• Support for small and flat panel antennas
• Automatic, fast and reliable beam-switching
• Avoid Adjacent Satellite Interference

6. iDirect Aero Solutions
RF
Antenna
Apertures
Antenna Control
Unit
Modem
Management/
Router/Switch
Avionics
Systems
Solution
Certified Per
Aircraft Type
Board Level
E850mp, CX780*
Rack Mount
e8000AR, 9000 series*
Aero Certified
e8000AE
* Future Release
AIMs

7. Melco

8. eXconnect

9. ThinAir (by Thinkom)

10. Alexandre Gonçalves
Systems Engineer – iDirect
+55 (21) 9 8363-3883
agoncalves@idirect.net
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