NXT Communications Corp. (NXTCOMM) is a wireless connectivity company that designs and manufactures flat-panel satellite antennas. Their main product, AeroMax, is an electronically steered antenna (ESA) that caters to the aviation and defense sectors, providing broadband connectivity for on-the-move applications. NXTCOMM has partnered with organizations like Georgia Tech Research Institute and targets customers in the aviation, land mobile (trucking, rail), and military markets.
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L3Harris Technologies selected NXTCOMM to develop an Electronically Steerable Antenna to support U.S. Department of Defense warfighters.
NXTCOMM is building out internal capabilities and infrastructure to support additional customer requirements and manufacturing heading into 2022.
NXTCOMM’s Electronically Steerable Antenna operates over GEO, LEO, MEO, and HEO satellites.
NXTCOMM opened a 929-square-meter production facility for electronically steered antennas in Cherokee County, Georgia, in July.
NXT Communications Corp. (NXTCOMM) announced plans on 2020-10-28 to begin demonstrating the performance of its electronically steered antenna through leased capacity on a Eutelsat Communications satellite.
NXTCOMM signed an agreement with Eutelsat Communications to begin leasing Ku-band capacity in November on Eutelsat’s 117 West A satellite.
NXTCOMM planned full antenna testing and initial low-rate production in 2021 following the Ku-band leasing on Eutelsat’s 117 West A satellite.
NXTCOMM’s product roadmap calls for testing Ka-band products in 2021.
NXTCOMM will lease capacity on EUTELSAT 117 West A, which is located at 116.8° West and provides high-power Ku-band coverage over North and South America.
Eutelsat will provide managed satellite service capacity to NXTCOMM as NXTCOMM scales production of its flat-panel antennas.
Under the agreement with Eutelsat, NXTCOMM will offer satellite capacity to customers seeking a differentiated connectivity experience not available from existing service providers.