Welcome to the May 2022 edition of Satellite Mobility World and this month's new and exciting article collection.
We lead with our editorial, OneWeb and Starlink Desperately Seek New Markets. No longer confident that the satellite-to-home Internet market is large and profitable enough to justify their existence, they are looking everywhere including mobility, aero, and government. Can these "best efforts" services find a home in enterprise mobility? Here, we explore their potential.
You will want to read The Future of LEOs in Cruise and Commercial Shipping. Here, Speedcast's V.P.s of Cruise and Commercial Shipping, Brent Horwitz and Andre Eerland, discuss the challenges of selling "consumer-grade" LEO services to mission-critical Cruise and Commercial Shipping customers.
Next, we introduce Rivada. It's a LEO constellation but different than any other. It's the first satellite IoT service to adopt Uber-like demand-based pricing. Conceived by Irish entrepreneur Declan Ganley, it's an intriguing and potentially disruptive idea that deserves your attention.
If you are following the Ukrainian War, GPS jamming and blocked AIS are in the news. In Hawkeye 360: RF Detection and Mapping by Satellite learn from Hawkeye 360's Chief Strategy Officer and former Undersecretary of Defense, Kari Bingen, how her company can detect jamming and find "dark" ships like yachts and oil tankers.
Lastly, in Flylogix: Pioneer in Autonomous Flight's Future we cover Flylogix, an early autonomous aviation pioneer.
Enjoy!