A U.S.-based subsidiary of Inmarsat and Honeywell have entered into a service provider agreement to provide Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite services and wideband connectivity to the U.S. government’s aeronautical sector. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday the agreement extends an existing partnership between the two companies in providing in-flight connectivity to the Global Xpress network. Michael Edmonds, vice president of marketing …

A U.S.-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Inmarsat has completed airborne testing of its L-band Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance service that works to provide up to 10 Mbps broadband data transmission rate. Inmarsat Government said Thursday public sector customers can use LAISR for applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, signals intelligence and synthetic aperture radar support …

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, Inmarsat’s senior vice president of U.S. government sector, has received an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association award for her advocacy to help further women empowerment in the work space. The AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter selected the executive for the award to honor her leadership of the Women in NOVA program …

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, oversees direction and policy functions for the British satellite services provider’s U.S. government business unit. The nearly three-decade aerospace and defense veteran is also a former member of the Senior Executive Service and served as a program executive officer at the Defense Information Systems Agency …

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, will speak at a Space Foundation-hosted industry forum that will held this spring in Colorado. The 31st Space Symposium will take place at The Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs from April 13 to 16, Space Foundation said Wednesday. …

Boeing has confirmed that the second satellite built for Inmarsat is operating in orbit hours after the spacecraft was launched. The Inmarsat-5 satellite took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan onboard an International Launch Services Proton Breeze M rocket, Boeing said Sunday. Mark Spiwak, president of Boeing Satellite Systems International, …

Inmarsat Government — a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British satellite services firm — and Globecomm Systems have partnered to provide U.S. government customers with the Global Xpress Ka-band data service as part of a subscription services agreement. Inmarsat Government said Tuesday it designed Global Xpress to interoperate with the military’s Wideband Global Satellite system. “We are pleased to add …

Inmarsat has demonstrated its L-band terminal prototype in a move to meet the requirements of intelligence and media customers. The L-band Advanced Communications Element terminal transmitted 10 megabytes per second of video from the Middle East and Africa regions over the Alphasat satellite during the test, Inmarsat said Friday. Peter …

Inmarsat has been awarded a $19 million contract from the European Space Agency to build a satellite data link for the continent’s air traffic control infrastructure. ESA’s Iris Precursor project seeks to improve controller-pilot communications and help industry cut airborne delays by using Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service, Inmarsat said Wednesday. “Our …

Inmarsat has approved Hughes Network Systems‘ 9211-HDR portable Broadband Global Area Network terminal as part of its BGAN HDR streaming service for mobile satellite connectivity. Inmarsat said Monday the terminal supports data streaming rates of up to 800 kilobytes per second and features a compact form, Wi-Fi access for multiple users, automatic context activation and built-in RJ11 connector. “BGAN HDR …

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch is senior vice president for government policy, strategy and outreach for Inmarsat‘s U.S. government services business unit. Cowen-Hirsch shapes Inmarsat’s strategic direction and policy regarding government and leads the company’s government outreach and advocacy program. She shapes the program’s execution and government focused capabilities. Cowen-Hirsch, a 20-year veteran …

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch serves as senior vice president for government strategy and policy for Inmarsat‘s U.S. government business unit. Cowen-Hirsch has responsibility for shaping Inmarsat’s strategic direction and policy with respect to government. She also leads the government outreach and advocacy program for Global Xpress. The 20-year defense, aerospace and executive leadership veteran is …

TECOM has partnered with Inmarsat to produce and market an antenna technology for government customers of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communications service. The companies agreed to offer a TECOM-built satcom antenna system that aims to provide Ka-band broadband access to aviation organizations across the public sector, Inmarsat said Monday. Peter …

Inmarsat has started offering wideband communications services to U.S. military customers through the company’s mobile satellite networks. The Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress satcom coverage has been expanded to deliver Ka-band connectivity for aeronautical and ground missions across the Indian Ocean, the company said Monday. GX employs fixed and steerable beam technology …

Inmarsat moved closer to fully deploying its $1.6-billion Global Xpress satellite constellation with the conclusion of testing for land terminals from Paradigm Communications and Skyware Technologies. Paradigm met over the air testing and factory acceptance testing requirements for its GX core interface module and Connect 70, Connect 100 and Connect 180 …