ThinKom's Ka2517 and GT 2517 communications terminals secure type approval for HYLAS satellites

HAWTHORNE, Calif. - ThinKom Solutions, Inc. in Hawthorne, California has announced that the company secured type approval for communications across Avanti Communications’  fleet of HYLAS Ka-band satellites. The agreement covers both the ThinAir Ka2517 antenna for commercial aviation and the GT 2517 full-spectrum terminal for government and military services.

ThinKom’s ThinAir terminals deliver high throughput on forward and return links across Avanti’s high-throughput beams. This capability allows government customers to provide real-time data and communications for critical missions. It also enables another layer of Ka-band coverage redundancy for commercial and government missions.

Avanti’s fleet of four HYLAS Ka-band satellites offer 50Ghz capacity. The London-based company has a history supporting government and defense customers and is a provider of satellite communications (SATCOM) to US, UK and global government agencies.

"At Avanti, we are committed to delivering the very best service to our customers and users," Donald Walker, senior vice president of government and defense at Avanti said. "Our Ka-band high-throughput satellite capacity delivers assured, flexible high-capacity connectivity for every requirement. This latest type-approval for ThinKom will help further our shared mission to deliver security and reliability to those who need it most.”

The ThinAir GT 2517 satcom aero terminal builds on the company's patented VICTS phased-array technology. VICTS antennas have a record of reliability with over 40 million hours of accrued flight time and a mean-time-between-failure exceeding 100,000 hours. The ThinAir GT platform supports the full range of Ka-band frequencies, as well as wide instantaneous bandwidth for Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS), hopping waveforms, and Protected Tactical Waveforms (PTW), delivering increased flexibility for government communications missions.

Avanti has over 100 fixed beams, 5 steerable beams and a steerable cluster of 8 beams delivering services across EMEA, Asia and the Americas. Compatible Ka2517 and GT 2517 terminals are in service today on both commercial and government aircraft. ThinKom antennas have been providing service on U.S. government aircraft since 2018.