LOADED. Talking Software for Connected Aircraft

Ask around in aviation and you will hear the same promise: add edge caching, and your in-flight entertainment keeps running when the connectivity drops. It does not. Edge caching only exists as a combination of what sits on board and what stays in the cloud. So what is edge caching really, and where does it stop?In this fourth episode of "LOADED. Talking Software for Connected Aircraft", Ralph Wagner and Stefanie Schuster (Axinom) take edge caching back to its origins in OTT streaming and content delivery networks, then bring it into the aircraft. They lay out the triangle of edge cache, edge compute, and cloud services, draw the line between edge caching and over-the-air sync, and explain what a genuinely disconnected, resilient in-flight entertainment (IFE) experience actually demands on board. Along the way: mixed fleets and personal devices, the three ways to fill a cache (pull, predict, push), why caching reaches well beyond movies into IoT, crew applications, and transactions, and why an open platform is what lets an airline decide what to cache in the first place.Chapters:00:00 Intro01:34 What is edge caching? Cache, compute, and cloud services05:40 Edge caching on the aircraft vs. over-the-air sync11:12 Connectivity, resilience, and the disconnected case17:39 Mixed fleets and personal devices21:51 Filling the cache: pull, predict, push26:15 Decision variables, open platforms, and conclusionWatch now and let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don't forget to like and subscribe for upcoming episodes.

Connectivity is changing what is possible in the aircraft cabin. And one of the biggest shifts it unlocks is live streaming – not as a niche add-on, but as a real part of the in-flight entertainment experience. The infrastructure is arriving. But there is more to it than flipping a switch.In this third episode of "LOADED. Talking Software for Connected Aircraft", Ralph Wagner and Stefanie Schuster (Axinom) discuss what live streaming really means for in-flight entertainment: from the shift away from traditional linear TV channels toward live events and FAST content, through the aviation-specific challenges of time-shifted viewing and DVR management, to licensing rights, content ingest infrastructure, and edge caching on board.Chapters:00:40 Intro04:52 From live TV to live events13:10 Licensing rights16:32 Content ingest19:42 Edge caching on board22:27 ConclusionWatch now and let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don't forget to like and subscribe for upcoming episodes.

Airlines have more passenger data than ever. The connectivity is arriving. But knowing your passenger often ends the moment they board – and starts again only after they land. That gap is closing.In this second episode of "LOADED. Talking Software for Connected Aircraft", Ralph Wagner and Stefanie Schuster (Axinom) discuss how a connected passenger journey looks end-to-end: from managing passenger identity on the ground, through authentication and transactions on-board, to the cloud architecture that ties it all together. And how airlines should approach building it.Chapters:00:00 Intro01:08 Passenger identity and data on the ground06:03 How connectivity changes cabin devices and data collection11:36 Authentication, transactions, and crew context on board15:07 Aircraft as one edge node in the cloud18:35 Use-case-first vs. platform-first: how to approach the build22:41 Managing a mixed fleet with one software architecture27:16 ConclusionWatch now and let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don't forget to like and subscribe for upcoming episodes.

For decades, the aviation industry was used to buying hardware. Software was just an add-on. That is not what today's world looks like anymore. The technology is here, and airlines want to use it.In this first episode of "LOADED. Talking Software for Connected Aircraft", Ralph Wagner and Stefanie Schuster (Axinom) dive into decoupling software and hardware in the cabin, and how airlines can benefit from it: why it is happening, what connectivity is changing, what it means to combine cloud services with onboard infrastructure. And what it takes to begin that journey.Topics covered in this episode:Hardware/software decoupling in aviationConnected aircraftIn-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC)Cloud services and onboard infrastructureSoftware-defined aircraft and digital cabinWatch now and let us know your thoughts in the comments. And don’t forget to like and subscribe for upcoming episodes.