ARINC Completes Integration and Testing of New Feature-Rich Broadband on First Boeing

[Gerald A]

Annapolis, Maryland—ARINC Incorporated today announced it has completed the first integration and testing of eXchangeTM with Service by SKYLinkSM on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), the world’s largest production business jet.

The installation combines Rockwell Collins’ eXchange satellite broadband avionics with ARINC’s SKYLink Ku-band satellite service, and adds several in-flight communications features not available elsewhere.

“The customer for this jet ordered “the best of the best” in terms of onboard communication services,” stated Robert Thompson, ARINC Senior Director, SKYLink. “We have responded with an advanced, integrated cabin communications suite that we will soon make available to other customers.”

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