Collins Aerospace has ordered approximately US$11m (€9.08m) worth of business jet connectivity equipment from Astronics. The order follows others for inflight connectivity hardware.
Astronics said the equipment supports growing interest in Collins Aerospace’s business jet connectivity services. Collins Aerospace’s system provides high-speed worldwide connectivity that enables a broad variety of remote conferencing services as well as streaming entertainment.
“We are excited to extend and expand the relationship with Collins Aerospace to provide best-in-class connectivity equipment for their customers,” said Michael Kuehn, Astronics CSC president. “We believe this order validates the success of Collins Aerospace connectivity services and the performance of Astronics connectivity hardware. Improved connectivity for the business jet market has become an imperative and we are committed to providing the best connectivity capability available for aircraft with our technologies.”