Dubai Airshow 2021: Honeywell offers JetWave MCX SATCOM customer demos
Air Force Special Operations Command MC-130J Commando II aircraft will be equipped with Honeywell's JetWave MCX. (Photo: 27th Special Operations Wing)
Following release of its new JetWave MCX SATCOM solution, Honeywell hopes that new customer demonstrations in Dubai will lead to orders.
Honeywell will offer prospective military customers a firsthand look at the company’s new JetWave MCX Ka-Band SATCOM solution aboard a Boeing 757 airliner during the Dubai Airshow on 14-20 November.
Designed primarily for fixed-wing operators and those involved in ISR and CSAR missions, the high-speed MCX can connect multiple mission systems or electronic devices with ground stations or command posts, letting aircrew send or receive high-definition streaming data, messages or files.
Honeywell company literature states that JetWave MCX connects to Ka-band networks such as Inmarsat Global Xpress, enabling high throughput and high reliability with more than 2,000 JetWave systems currently in use across
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