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

2000

First major US govt. contract awarded for airborne antenna (K/Q-band)

2003

First phased-array antenna vehicle installation

2006

Awarded US Army contract for ThinSat® (X, Ka bands)

2007

Awarded Spanish Military Emergency Unit contract for multiple X-band antennas

2008

First 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) 2011

First delivery of ThinSat 300

2011

Patented VICTS technology selected by Gogo for inflight connectivity

2013

Gogo launches 2Ku IFC powered by ThinAir® Ku3030

2014

Aeromexico becomes first commercial airline to adopt Ku3030

2014

Company expands to current 75K sq. ft. facility in Hawthorne, CA

(press release) 2015

Ku3030 receives blanket worldwide FCC regulatory approval

(press release) 2015

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

2017

Ku3030 connectivity exceeds 100 Mbps for the first time on a single aircraft

(press release) 2017

Alaska Airlines selects Ku3030 for their entire fleet

2017

Airline partners reach 21; install schedule for Ku3030 exceeds 2,000 aircraft

2017

VICTS airborne antennas reach 3.3M accrued commercial flight hours

2018

Ka2517 becomes the first aero antenna to track a MEO satellite (SES O3b)

2018

Successful Ka-band on-air tests with Telesat LEO1

2019

Airborne antennas achieve 10M+ flight hours and 1,200+ installations

2019

ThinKom successfully completes first-ever in-flight roaming tests on SES's GEO and O3b MEO satellites

2019

What sets us apart?

Our patented VICTS technology combines the advantages of mechanically steered and electronically scanned arrays – while avoiding their limitations. It’s the best of both worlds.

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