28 October 2024 – Hughes Network Systems, LLC, an EchoStar company, announced the Gogo Galileo HDX Electronically Steerable Antenna (ESA) built by Hughes has completed its test flight on a Bombardier Challenger 300. A commercial aviation variant will be available from Hughes in the first half of 2025, using the same flight-proven technology. Designed with a low profile and small size to seamlessly integrate with aircraft of any size, the ESA is engineered for easy maintenance and installation. The terminals are manufactured at a new state-of-the-art Hughes facility in Germantown, Maryland. Leveraging the advanced Hughes In-Flight connectivity management system and the Hughes commercial aviation ESA, airlines worldwide can provide to their passengers an “always connected feeling.” Read more