About Us
ThinKom Solutions manufactures low-profile antennas engineered expressly for high-speed connectivity in the most harsh, remote and mobile environments.
On a fuselage, in a backpack or mounted on a vehicle, our antennas enable satellite service providers to deliver reliable broadband to millions of users, while minimizing OpEx and maximizing efficiencies across the board.
Company a glance …
- Based in Hawthorne, California
- 75,000 sq. ft. manufacturing/testing facility
- Privately held
- 130+ employees
- AS9100D certified
- FAA Part 145 Repair Station
Two Decades of Innovation
Company founded
2000First major US govt. contract awarded for airborne antenna (K/Q-band)
2003First phased-array antenna vehicle installation
2006
Awarded US Army contract for ThinSat® (X, Ka bands)
2007Awarded Spanish Military Emergency Unit contract for multiple X-band antennas
2008First deliveries of tactical, compact Ku- and X-band antennas (ThinPack®)
2009
First low-profile antenna proven for high-speed Ka-band and EHF communications on a US military wide-body aircraft
(press release) 2011First delivery of ThinSat 300
2011
Patented VICTS technology selected by Gogo for inflight connectivity
2013
Aeromexico becomes first commercial airline to adopt Ku3030
2014
Delta Air Lines selects Ku3030 antenna for over 250 aircraft installs
2015
APEX Best Achievement in Technology awarded to Gogo 2Ku
2015
ThinPacks incorporated into man-portable terminals by leading integrators
2016
Delta Airlines increases Ku-band installation commitment to 600 aircraft
2016
Ka-band antenna (ThinAir Ka2517) completes DO-160 FAA qualification
2017Alaska Airlines selects Ku3030 for their entire fleet
2017
Ka2517 becomes the first aero antenna to track a MEO satellite (SES O3b)
2018
Successful Ka-band on-air tests with Telesat LEO1
2019
ThinKom successfully completes first-ever in-flight roaming tests on SES's GEO and O3b MEO satellites
2019
ThinKom Develops Prototype for Next-Gen NGSO Satellite User Terminals
2020
ThinKom wins Satellite Technology of the Year (2019) for innovative gateway solution
2020
