Airborne Wireless Network (ABWN)

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DD of relationship between Airborne Wireless Network and Facebook.

Airborne Wireless Network and ViaLight Communications Sign Design and Manufacturing Services Agreement
LINK
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/airborne-wireless-network-vialight-communications-123000189.html

Mynaric
Formerly called
Vialight Communications (2009–2017)

The laser test was a success, researchers say
Facebook's connectivity team has explored a number of avenues for providing wireless internet over the years, including lasers and millimeter wave, known as MMW, technology.
Earlier this week, Facebook revealed it had managed to achieve 40Gbps MMW links between the ground and aircraft, and has achieved previously speeds of 80gbps for lasers in the laboratory.
The tests disclosed in the academic paper, "Test results of error-free bidirectional 10 Gbps link for air-to-ground optical communications," illustrate how Facebook experimented with laser technology in the real world, and how its tests worked in practice. (The paper was published in February 2018, but it's not clear exactly when the tests took place.)
These laser tests were conducted with the assistance of Mynaric Lasercom, a German company that builds tech to "[send] high-speed internet down from satellites and airborne networks to the most remote and inaccessible parts of the planet."
Link!
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/facebook-tested-plane-mounted-lasers-that-fire-super-high-speed-internet-over-california-—-here-are-the-photos/ar-AAziD3w?platform=hootsuite

And The Photo:
https://twitter.com/thisisstrangee/status/1015329682785554433?s=21