9 April 2025 – Airbus and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Hughes Network Systems to become a member of Airbus’ HBCplus Ka-band offering. This follows an MoU announcement with Hughes at last year’s AIX Expo and makes Hughes Network Systems the latest Managed Service Provider (MSP) to join the Airbus catalogue. With this new member, Airbus is enhancing the airlines’ choice of MSPs. Once operational, Hughes will offer HBCplus customers a combination of its well-known GEO services and is planning to provide access to Telesat’s future LEO services. Regarding the latter, the initial 198-satellite Telesat Lightspeed constellation will deliver low-latency, high throughput connectivity anywhere in the world, including polar routes. Read more