Recommends Clients Install AVANCE L5 Until 5G Network Goes Live in 3Q 2024

Gogo Business Aviation passed another "critical milestone" with their new AVANCE LX5 system, gaining Supplemental Type Certification (STC) and Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) from the FAA.

Both approvals will allow the firm to begin charging ahead with their next-gen 5G comms suite, providing peak speeds in the neighborhood of 75 to 80 megabytes per second even in the air. Those speeds will hopefully allow them to trounce "any competitive geosynchronous (GEO) satellite or air-to-ground (ATG) solution, though average speeds will likely be a more reasonable average around 25 MBPS. As data use has increased in all segments of the economy, particularly with the type of movers & shakers seen in private business aircraft, it's a pretty strong draw to offer the same internet experience in the air that customers and clients have on the ground.

“Receiving formal approval from the FAA to produce and manufacture the AVANCE LX5 Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) reaffirms our commitment to Gogo 5G as we march toward our launch date,” said Sergio Aguirre, president of Gogo. “We built LX5 on the AVANCE platform as a smaller, single-box option to make the installation of Gogo 5G even easier for customers.”

The first Gogo associate to complete the installation of an AVANCE LX5 system was Duncan Aviation, who completed the suite on a Citation Excel aircraft. Similar to previous AVANCE systems, the LX5 will allow easier, simpler replacement of legacy Gogo kits. At the moment, multiple OEM partners are heading up STCs for a range of aircraft models. For those who want to sit on the sharpest cutting edge of the Gogo family, pre-provisioning the multi-band MB13 5G antennas and an AVANCE L5 LRU will get their aircraft as ready as it can be for a plug-n-play swap to the fastest 5G once it launches. The L5 system operates on the Gogo Biz 4G network, and will have to suffice until Gogo 5G launches in the 3rd quarter of 2024. Such customers will be "eligible to receive a free LX5 to swap with their existing L5 LRU' when the time comes.

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