Boeing has finished the qualification testing on environment and performance for the aircraft satellite communications antenna system, which is developing for Al Yah Satellite Company (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). As we all know, Yahsat is a multipurpose satellite operator. Until now, the system has passed customer-witnessed acceptance testing, and over-the-air satellite tests has vertified its required data transfer rate.
For military and commercial customers, they always require an aircraft-qualified, low-profile, low-drag antenna to transmit and receive data between airborne and ground terminals. The system of Boeing, which employs steerable phased array technology, offers a solution to satisfy their requirements rightly. This means the antenna doesn't use mechanical components to track a satellite but use electronics, even though the antenna is mounted on moving aircraft.
On the contract between Yahsat and Boeing, Boeing needs to deliver the first of eight low-profile antenna systems to be installed on various aircraft later this year.
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