In-flight communications company GoGo Business Aviation says 2023 was a year of momentum, with the company receiving FAA supplemental type certification for its latest AVANCE LX5 equipment.
“Receiving formal approval from the FAA for production and manufacturing of the AVANCE LX5 Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) confirms Gogo’s 5G efforts as we move towards our launch date,” said Gogo President Sergio Aguirre. I will reconfirm it.” “We built his LX5 on his AVANCE platform as a small, single-box option to make installing his Gogo 5G even easier for our customers.”
First article on in-flight 5G systems STC was completed on a Citation Excel aircraft by Duncan Aviation’s Engineering and Certification Services team. Gogo’s dealer network and his OEM partners are actively pursuing multiple of his STCs to certify the installation of Gogo AVANCE LX5 systems on various business aircraft models. Once the 5G chip becomes available, some changes will need to be made to the STC before a customer can start installing his LX5.
Gogo says its 5G technology is expected to outperform competing geostationary (GEO) satellites and air-to-ground (ATG) solutions, with average speeds of around 25 Mbps and peak speeds in the 75-80 Mbps range. Masu. Gogo 5G is intentionally designed to provide high throughput with very low latency for multiple users, meeting the increasing demand for data-intensive services and applications used today and in the future. To do.
The LX5 was designed with the same form factor and the same connections as the L5 to streamline installation. Customers can pre-provision Gogo 5G today by installing a multi-band (MB13) 5G antenna and AVANCE L5 LRU. The L5 system will operate on the Gogo Biz 4G network until the launch of Gogo 5G, expected in the third quarter of 2024. At that point, you will be eligible to receive a free his LX5 to replace your existing L5 LRU.
As of September 30, 2023, Gogo had 7,150 business aircraft flying with its broadband ATG systems, of which 3,784 were flying with Gogo AVANCE L5 or L3 systems. It was reported that there was. 4,395 aircraft are equipped with narrowband satellite connectivity.
