Cobham joins the growing list of international “Launch Partners” who will introduce the Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band satellite network developed by Inmarsat. Cobham will be in charge of providing compact land-based satellite communication terminal antennas that support GX services, such as satellite Internet.
Cobham will provide vehicle-mobile, fly-away, man-pack, and other configurations of land terminals for customers in the energy, law enforcement, media, military, and public safety sectors. These products incorporate the GX Core Module developed by iDirect. Computer-assisted manual point and fully automatic auto-acquire configurations will be available for customers.
For a unit just recently formed by Cobham, the Company's SATCOM strategic business unit (SBU) has quickly secured a lead in the mobile satellite communications market. Cobham SBU deftly combines the Company's existing SATCOM businesses with the newly-acquired assets of Danish company Thrane & Thrane.
Global Xpress will be the world's first Ka-band satellite network to provide superfast global broadband connectivity for satellite Internet, voice, data, and other services. It will leverage terminals that are more compact than current very medium aperture terminal (VSAT) systems to offer the highest satellite broadband speeds backed by Inmarsat's world-renowned support services.
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