PARIS — Want to find out how far satellite antenna designers are from fielding a consumer-affordable flat panel, electronically steered antenna?
Ask business-jet fleet operators like NetJets Inc. how long they expect to wait for these antennas to reach their well-heeled demographic. Then add a couple of years.
“One of the things we are actively monitoring is the future of flat-panel antennas,” said Lauren Castillo, NetJets’s senior category leader for in-flight operations. “Currently the market for Ka-band [antennas] only fit on . . .
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