Hanwha Phasor, a satellite communications company, and Lufthansa Technik have signed a multi-year agreement to deliver advanced in-flight connectivity for commercial flights. Under the agreement, Lufthansa Technik will design, build and supply several hundred fuselage-mounted airborne Satellite Communications (SatCom) radomes for Hanwha Phasor each year.
The first radome prototypes are currently in the final design phase and could be built as early as this summer, with series production scheduled to commence in 2025.
“We are delighted to announce this pivotal partnership with Lufthansa Technik, a leading business in the commercial aerospace industry,” said Dominic Philpott, Chief Operating Officer, Hanwha Phasor. “We look forward to working closely with Lufthansa Technik over the coming months, while exploring further opportunities to deepen and build upon this partnership.”
Harald Gloy, Chief Operations Officer, Lufthansa Technik, added: “Reliable inflight connectivity is key for the onboard product quality of airlines around the world. Key advancements in antenna technology thereby require equally ingenious advancements for the radomes that protect these antennas. The prouder I am that, with our decades-long expertise in this field, we will be one of the first to develop and produce an aviation-certified radome solution for the most modern phased-array antennas and thus provide Hanwha Phasor with perfect coverage, both from a design and a production point of view.”
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