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©2017 Airborne Wireless Network
www.airbornewirelessnetwork.com
In f i n i tus Super Highway™
A Web of Globa l Connec t iv i t y
Poten t ia l l y Prov id ing Data -Ra tes
o f up to Ter ra B i ts per Second*
* Based on the assumption that its patent-pending free-space Airborne Laser Network could be successfully implemented
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Developing the
Next Generation
of Global Connectivity
Over 35,000 Potential “Satellites” Blanketing the Globe**
** The current number of active commercial aircraft worldwide is over 27,000
This is expected to be well over 35,000 at the time of Infinitus’ global network rollout 3
N796JM – One of ABWN’s Roswell test aircraft
From the first airborne wireless call in 1982 to airborne laser
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“It takes a strong history to create a solid future”
Corporate Profile
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Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN) endeavors to Revolutionize high
speed data and telecommunications, by offering patented solutions to
large ISPs, terrestrial telecoms, emergency service and airborne
connectivity providers.
The company intends to be a large-scale wholesaler, providing a “global
pipeline”; it does not intend to service end-users.
Through its patented and patent-pending technologies, the company
strives to offer data-rates greater than possible in any terrestrial network,
in the near future.
Corporate Profile – Patents
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The company’s first patent was designed to solve global connectivity
issues by offering a meshed network, using commercial aircraft, rather
than satellites. Implementing this network, virtually eliminates the
bottlenecks and outages associated with single links.
The best way to illustrate this, is to think of a traditional link as a single
thread between two points; when there is a great demand, the thread
becomes stressed. When it finally breaks, the connection is interrupted.
When the connection is finally restored, the buffered data, which by now
would be many times greater than the pre-interruption data, must be
transferred all at once. This results in the system to “slow down”
significantly for each active user.
Corporate Profile – Patents; first patent continued
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One can think of ABWN’s network as a spider’s web; it is connected by
many threads and remains “connected” even if several strands are
broken. The multiple paths also facilitate much greater data-rates (no
waiting in line).
On 31 May 2017, ABWN “successfully demonstrated its patent” by
concluding its “Proof of Concept” flights, using two large airborne
passenger jets (Boeing 767-300s), and a ground location. This
successfully emulated a worldwide web in the sky; the future of airborne
communications, the Infinitus Super Highway.
Corporate Profile – Patents; second patent
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The company’s second patent (status: “pending”), takes ABWN’s concept to
an unprecedented level.
Although free-space laser-communications have been successfully used to
communicate with balloons in the stratosphere, satellites in space, and over
short distances terrestrially; to the best of our knowledge, no one has been
able to maintain a reliable link between airborne aircraft.
ABWN’s recent, patent-pending invention, uses its original patent to manage,
establish and restore laser-links between airborne aircraft, using its original
patent as “prior art”. The company intends to prove its ability to implement
airborne “plane to plane” laser-links during a flight test 4th quarter 2017.
Corporate Profile – Patents; second patent continued
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The initial “plane to plane data-rate” is expected to be 10 Giga-bits per
second, as this is based on current technology. The standard terrestrial
fiber-optic portals are 10 Giga-bits. 100 Giga-bits is slowly being
introduced. The theoretical free-space data-rate is in the Terra-bits per
second range.
In the future, custom-developed versions of ABWN’s laser-terminals are
expected to operate between aircraft at near the theoretical limit.
The ground-based fiberoptic limitations would be mitigated by distributing
the data over several ground-stations, and/or fiberoptic portals.
Corporate Profile – Modular technology
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ABWN’s key airborne RF and laser equipment is modular.
With Modular Construction, there is minimal service downtime.
Modules can be serviced or replaced, often in minutes, without
disrupting other parts of the system.
Anytime new technologies become available, ABWN’s system can be upgraded
in a matter of minutes, by simply replacing modules.
In contrast, satellite technology will typically have been surpassed between the
design and launch phases; “upgrading technology” would mean launching a
replacement satellite. Satellites cannot be upgraded; these become space-junk.
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Strategic partners and consultants)
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In order to ensure success, Airborne Wireless Network has selected some of
the most experienced and well-respected companies in the airborne leasing,
installation and communications development fields:
➢Air Lease Corporation (http://airleasecorp.com/), is a $4 billion USD market
cap NYSE company (AL); Air Lease, as one of the largest air-fleet owners,
servicing airlines around the world, is ABWN’s exclusive marketing
company. AL has a 10% equity interest in ABWN.
➢Jet Midwest (www.jetmidwest.com) is ABWN’s test-aircraft owner/facilitator;
the company operates in a complex of 1.2 million square feet of hangar and
shop space and 64 acres of paved ramp and tarmac space; JMW
reconditions and resells aircraft, engines, and parts globally. JMW has a
1.6% equity interest in ABWN
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Strategic partners and consultants)
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➢ Inflight Canada (www.inflightcanada.com – installation contractor). Inflight
Canada is one of the most experienced (independent) and largest
installation and aircraft modification/interior upgrade companies. Inflight
Canada was one of ABWN’s primary contractors providing the rack and
wiring infrastructure for the Roswell Proof of Concept Test.
➢ Intellicom (www.itccom.net – system design and development contractor).
Intellicom was responsible for coordinating the development and
coordination of Radio Frequency (RF) equipment, ranging from test-
equipment/test protocols, to modem selection/modification, RF and
antenna gear. Intellicom is presently working with ABWN and its primary
software and laser developers to prepare for the next milestones
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Strategic partners and consultants)
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➢ABWN’s (Intellicom's) antenna designer is the former head ofdevelopment for a well-respected defense contractor/manufacturer. Hislow-profile, high-performance antennas can be found on drones, missilesand fighter jets around the globe.
➢With this engineer’s knowhow, ABWN is developing its own “low-cost”airborne antennas. These low-cost antennas are of critical importance, astoday’s military alternatives would be too large and too expensive.Besides the size, the traditional manufacturers could not build these fastenough to support ABWN’s anticipated post roll-out growth.
➢Both antenna designer, and ABWN’s engineers understand “economy ofscale”, and the need to be able to produce a marketable system atreasonable cost.
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Strategic partners and consultants)
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➢ ABWN’s OEM airborne and terrestrial Laser Terminal manufacturer, ViaLight,provides for another unique OEM part in ABWN’s evolution. ViaLight is a spinoffof German Aerospace. (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt), abbreviatedDLR. It is the national center for aerospace, energy and transportation researchof the Federal Republic of Germany.
➢ After independent modeling by three unrelated professors and engineers, (TDT,DARPA, and Intellicom’s free-space optics consultant), ABWN is very confidentthat the “patent pending” hybrid airborne laser mesh, “has a very high probabilityof succeeding”.
➢ ABWN recently finished its contract negotiations with ViaLight.
• ViaLight Communications GmbH (“ViaLight”) is now known as Mynaric AG. Mynaric recentlycompleted its IPO raising over €28 Million Mynaric trades on the Borse Frankfurt (theFrankfurt Exchange) under the symbol ISIN DE000A0JCY11 | WKN A0JCY1 | symbol M0Y
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Strategic partners and consultants)
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➢ Thinking Different Technology, TDT B.V. (http://www.tdtlab.com/) is a
Netherlands research and development lab that holds several patents of
its own (including very advanced radio-transmission protocols).
➢ TDT is ABWN’s primary software developer; as ABWN’s software is by far
the largest portion of designing the network (airborne, ground and system
management), TDT works very closely with ABWN, Intellicom and
ViaLight.
➢ Both TDT and Myanric AG are located in Western Europe; this is very
helpful as far as coordination is concerned.
Corporate Profile – Credentials (Key Personnel)
➢ ABWN’s CEO, Michael “Mike” Warren brings over 40 years of provenleadership and management into Airborne Wireless Network. Hepossesses an extensive background in operational and programmanagement in both the government and the private sector.
➢ The company’s president, J. Edward Daniels, has successfullyincubated and managed a number of early-stage hi-tech companies.As a successful real-estate investor, he developed a strong track-record of providing early-stage funding and management guidance topromising high-tech startups.
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Corporate Profile – Credentials (Key Personnel)
➢ Our VP of Technical Affairs and Development, Marius de Mos, was aninstrumental part of the team that developed the first FAA approvedairborne in-cabin wireless commercial telephone system Airfone, latercalled GTE Airfone. Has an extensive background in worldwidetelecommunications to assure the deployment of the Infinitus system.
➢ ABWN’s VP of Industry Relations, Earle Olson, has 35 years of experiencein business development. 24 years with Tyco Electronics in aerospace anddefense. Mr. Olson has a strong background in airborne inflightentertainment and networking, and is responsible for connecting ABWN tothe airlines and industry partners
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Corporate Profile – Credentials (Key Personnel)
➢ The company’s VP of Business Development and Compliance, Jason de
Mos, is a career aviation professional, a Certified Airline Transport Pilot and
Flight Instructor. He manages, and coordinates with, ABWN’s aerospace
consultants/partner companies. Jason is responsible for all FAA, TSA,
NTSB and FCC compliance coordination.
➢ CVs of key personnel available upon request.
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ABWN - the business case, Industry Experience
ABWN’s personnel’s involvement in the aerospace industry, dates back to 1967; theirinvolvement with the telecommunications industry to 1974 (key personnel).
Educated in aircraft systems and electronics design (1967-1972), the company’s VPof Technical Affairs and Development has been instrumental in the introductions ofseveral, now commonplace, products.
Some accomplishments are:
✓ The world’s first cordless telephone (1977)
✓ The world’s first wireless inflight public telephone; the Airfone (1982)
✓ The world’s first “auto-available channel selecting” rural telephone systems (1984-2004)
✓ ABWN’s development of the world’s first high-speed wireless and laser-based airborne network;ranging from consulting with the inventor (1998), conducting “gap analysis” at jet-Blue’s Longbeach, California facilities (2006), to system development (2016 - present)
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ABWN - the business case, Industry Experience
ABWN believes that trust and relationships are some of the most important
ingredients in a successful company. ABWN’s VP of Industry Relations has
been in leading roles in the aerospace industry for much of his career. Many
of the company’s vendors and contracted consultants were the result of Mr.
Olson’s introductions.
The same is true about our VP of Business Development and Compliance;
relationships with Air Lease Corporation, Jet Midwest, and several well
respected FAA representatives are the result.
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Available Aircraft
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Without airborne aircraft ABWN’s network could not exist
Air lease Corporation, the world’s third largest aircraft leasing company, is
ABWN’s exclusive marketing partner.
Air Lease Corporation has strong relationships with airlines worldwide.
Air Lease Corporation is possibly the largest volume customer (not in dollars) of both
Airbus and Boeing; it has strong relationships with Airbus, Boeing and Embraer
Discussions with airlines are ongoing
The “aircraft density maps” one the following pages illustrate the feasibility
of ABWN’s system as a global solution
Global snapshot of airborne traffic (9,057 flights not shown)
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Over 5,000 airborne aircraft (day), 2,000 (night) over the USA
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New Global Wholesale Connectivity Opportunity
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ABWN’s Infinitus™ System - How It Works
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Existing Airborne Internet Backbone
Signal has to travel far
to satellite or far to ground
stations
Plane To PlaneNetwork
Distributed Network
Like Terrestrial Internet
Infinitus™
Single path; anyinterruption means
no connection
ABWN’s Infinitus™ System - How It Works
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240 Mile Radius
Broadband Wireless Communication System
Provided By Commercial Airlines
US Patent 6,285,878B1
Within 240 miles they can maintain high-speed internet communication.Wireless internet can travel
240 miles at 40,000 feet.There is almost always another aircraft, ship or earth-station
within range.
Potential Markets
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Rural and remote locations will now have the ability to connect reliably
R E M O T E
Military and Government services
G O V E R N M E N T
Data and VOIP (digital voice) service providers
D ATA
Cruise, container ships, oil tankers, freighters and large private yachts
M A R I T I M E
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Rapidly Growing Market
■ Growing at 15% CAGR from $2.8 Billion in 2015
to $5.8 Billion by 2020
■ Key market driver: GoGo Inc.
(NASDAQ: GOGO) an in-flight broadband internet
service provider
■ Potential customer of ABWN
■ GoGo Inc. has a market cap of over $750 million
and over $500 million in revenue in 2015
■ Growing at 19% CAGR from $2.2 Billion in
2016 to $5.3 Billion by 2021
■ Key market driver: US military spends billions
per year on communications including airborne,
shipborne and air-ground communication
■ OneWeb raised $1.2B to launch satellites for
high-speed internet in Dec 2016
In-flight Entertainment &
Connectivity (IFEC) Market Small Satellite Market
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ABWN’s Infinitus: Market Position
Weakness of Satellites
■ Very expensive, cannot be upgraded
■ Distance to the satellite makes data
speed and reliability challenging
Potential Competitors• Inmarsat satellites• Traditional communications and broadcast
satellites• Facebook, using drones • Google, using drones or balloons• Satellite Wholesale Carriers
Current Inflight Connectivity Vendors
■ Our goal is to make them customers
■ We will have lower cost structure than satellite operators
Current Connectivity Network OperatorsFill in coverage gaps for all internet service providers
Potential CustomersInflight WiFi Retailers
Strengths of ABWN’s Infinitus™ System:
Much lower cost structure Easily upgraded Higher speeds and reliability
Carriers
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Due to the curvature of the earth, ocean vessels are “in-line” with airborne aircraft. ABWN
intends to use ships as signal boosters/repeaters, while our potential customers,
cellphone service providers, could be serving passengers and crew.
At any given moment there are an estimated 50,000 merchant ships on the sea
(Only Vessel-finder registered ships shown)
Maritime TrafficMaritime data provided by VesselFinder.com
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Signed Agreements With Strategic Partners
NYSE: ALAir Lease Corporation
■ Leases commercial
aircraft to its airline
customers
■ 367 aircraft on order
■ Over 80 airline
customers worldwide
■ Will introduce ABWN to
Boeing and Airbus
Marketing
Partner
JMWJet Midwest
■ Provided ABWN with
two Boeing 767-300
aircraft for its
successful network
test in May 2017
FAA Inflight
Testing
IFCIn-flight Canada
■ Will install ABWN
hardware on aircraft
■ Installs inflight
hardware for many
major airlines
Aircraft
Installation
FSE: MOY(Formerly ViaLight)
■ OEM supplier of
terrestrial and
airborne laser
terminals
■ Airborne terminals
are ABWN
proprietary products
2016 2017 2018 2019
Timeline To Market
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2016Granted FAA applicationnumber ST16664LA-T
31 May 2017Fixed/Mobile station and two
aircraft test Roswell, New Mexico
2017-2018Complete software development
and sign up aircraft owners
2018Twenty aircraft test
2019Commercial deployment
End 2017 Airborne Laser
test
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Opportunity & Takeaways
Feature Advantage
GLOBAL MESHED NETWORK ■ MORE RELIABLE
■ Meshed redundancy means no critical single point of failure possible
IMPLEMENTED WITH TECHNOLOGY CURRENTLY
AVAILABLE FROM MANUFACTURING PARTNERS
■ Lower go-to-market cost
USES EXISTING COMMERCIAL
AIRCRAFT PLATFORMS
■ Far easier to service and upgrade than a space satellite
■ Far less expensive than a space satellite
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Contact
Airborne Wireless Network
4115 Guardian Street, Sui te-C
Simi Val ley, Cal i fornia 93063
Telephone +1 805 583 4302
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