Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) in 2019 acquired Belgium’s Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications. In the ensuing months, the company integrated Newtec’s business with that of ST Engineering iDirect. The acquisition sees ST Engineering iDirect playing a prominent role in Panasonic Avionics’ third generation network, as its Dialog platform — including a (formerly Newtec) modem that uses efficient DVB-S2X and Mx-DMA technologies to achieve 600 Mbps aggregate throughput — forms the cornerstone of Panasonic’s worldwide aircraft upgrades. Panasonic tells Runway Girl Network that, together with extreme throughput satellite capacity, the modem can ably facilitate a streaming class of inflight connectivity (IFC) service.