In TrendsStock MarketNifty OutlookStocks to WatchOil Prices8th Pay CommissionBoeing, GoGo test satellite-linked military drone in challenge to StarlinkBoeing's Insitu and Gogo successfully tested a military drone using satellite communications, aiming to reduce reliance on Starlink.By Reuters September 23, 2026, 9:40:54 AM IST (Published)(Photo Credit : Reuters)Boeing’s drone subsidiary Insitu and aviation Wi-Fi provider Gogo have successfully tested a military drone using satellite communications, the companies said on Tuesday (September 22), underscoring growing efforts by governments and defense firms to reduce reliance on Elon Musk’s Starlink.Gogo Special Missions, the military and government arm of Gogo, and Insitu integrated a modified version of Gogo’s Galileo HDX antenna onto Insitu’s Integrator drone, a mid-sized uncrewed aircraft used by military customers for surveillance and reconnaissance missions.Drone warfare has become central to military strategy following its widespread use in Russia’s war in Ukraine and conflicts across the Middle East. As militaries seek to operate drones at longer ranges, withstand jamming attacks and carry out increasingly complex missions, they are turning to satellite networks such as Starlink rather than relying on line-of-sight radio links.Gogo and Insitu said their system would provide the Integrator drone with high-speed global internet through Eutelsat OneWeb’s low-Earth-orbit satellite network and would…
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