[SatNews] The production of terminals for the Company's upcoming service...

Inmarsat has reached agreement in principle with Rockwell Collins to develop, produce, and distribute user terminals for Inmarsat's Global Xpress™ aeronautical services. With support from Rockwell Collins, the in-flight testing of the Global Xpress (GX) aeronautical services will begin after the launch of the first Inmarsat-5 satellite, scheduled for mid-2013. Global Xpress services for commercial air transport, business aviation and government customers are scheduled to commence in 2014. Under the agreement, Inmarsat and Rockwell Collins will enter into exclusive negotiations that are expected to lead to definitive agreements by late 2011. The Global Xpress aeronautical offering will be the only global broadband system operating in the Ka-band, with transmission speeds at least double that of Ku-band counterparts.