Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Gogo Business Aviation is a provider of in-flight broadband Internet service and other connectivity services for business aircraft.

The HDX electronically steered antenna (ESA) for Gogo Business Aviation’s Galileo low-earth-orbit satcom service has passed FAA-mandated DO-160 qualification testing. This marks a key step towards the launch of the airborne connectivity service by year-end on Eutelsat’s OneWeb satellite constellation.
Hughes Network Systems, in partnership with Gogo, manufactures the HDX (half-duplex) ESA, which will provide peak system speeds of up to 60 Mbps. The larger FDX ESA is expected to become available in the second quarter of 2025 and should provide peak speeds of up to 200 Mbps. Both ESAs will enable installations on a variety of aircraft size—from turboprop singles to large-cabin jets, with the FDX more suited to larger aircraft.
Gogo dealers are working on 27 supplemental type certificates for Galileo system installations, and these will cover about 18,000 aircraft. The DO-160 testing addresses environmental factors such as “temperature volatility, intense vibration, radio wave penetration, lightning strike, moisture penetration, and flight aerodynamics,” according to Gogo.
"Passing DO-160 keeps us on track to receive the first-article supplemental type certificate and commercially launch Gogo Galileo later this year," said&nbsp;Jeremy Tyler, Gogo's v-p of airborne product engineering.

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Gogo HDX Satcom Antenna Passes DO-160 Environmental Testing

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HDX electronically steered antenna (ESA) for Gogo Business Aviation’s Galileo low-earth-orbit satcom service passed FAA-mandated DO-160 qualification testing.

Gogo HDX Satcom Antenna Passes DO-160 Testing

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