Rockwell Collins has begun to offer Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress broadband service to the government aviation market through an expanded value added reseller arrangement. Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based Rockwell Collins said Monday it currently delivers Inmarsat’s GX service and Jet ConneX in-flight connectivity offering to commercial and business aviation customers under previous VAR agreements. David Poltorak, Rockwell Collins vice president of business […] More

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the launch of the fourth Boeing-built satellite for the Global Xpress satellite communications network seeks to validate Inmarsat“™s efforts to promote resilience within its satcom offerings. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite lifted off Monday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad at NASA“™s Kennedy Space Center […] More

Microsoft and Cisco Systems are set to open new offices in East London as the U.K. government has pledged $81 million to refurbish the Silicon Roundabout neighborhood, Bloomberg Businessweek reports. Microsoft will open a technology development center which will employ young people as apprentices  and Cisco will partner with the University College of London and DC Thomson to […] More