<span style="line-height: 1.6;">The following </span><a style="line-height: 1.6;" href="http://www.satnews.com/story.php?number=813786083" target="_blank">article</a><span style="line-height: 1.6;"> was published on March 10th on Satnews.</span>

[SatNews] ThinKom Solutions has announced that the ultra-low profile ThinSAT(r) 300 antenna, which provides global Ku-band Communication<span style="line-height: 1.6;">s-on-the-Move (COTM) connectivity, has been successfully flight tested onboard Northrop Grumman’s demonstrator aircraft, the Firebird.</span>

The antenna system was used to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) SATCOM mission capabilities while experiencing 2.5g maneuvers over the Mojave Desert. This demonstration proves that small ultra-low-profile antenna systems can provide high quality sensor data through a commercial Ku-band satellite network. Northrop Grumman's Firebird demonstrator aircraft. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.

The ThinSAT® 300 is a Ku-band COTM system based on the patented Variable Inclination Continuous Transverse Stub (VICTS) phased array antenna technology. Measuring 4.5 inches (12 cm) high by 60 inches (1<span style="line-height: 1.6;">50 cm) long the pro</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">duct is capable </span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">of providing data rates up to 8Mbps; supporting broadband data, voice and video connectivity for ground vehicles used in news media and broadcasters, disaster recovery, homeland security, surveillance and security, trains and public tra</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">nsit industries. ThinKom has leveraged this technology to uniquely enable commercial air transport and general business avia</span><span style="line-height: 1.6;">tion connectivity offering 2x-10x higher performance at half the size and one-third the aerodynamic drag, relative to other commercially available products.</span>

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