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About Skyband Systems
From the engineers who scaled Starlink Aviation
Former SpaceX leaders with firsthand experience building and scaling Starlink across aviation, mobility, and enterprise — now applying that same execution and discipline to resilient PNT.
Our story
From Starlink Aviation to resilient PNT
Skyband’s story begins with real aircraft deployment experience.
The founding team scaled Starlink Aviation from its first installation to the leading aviation connectivity program with thousands of installations across all modern airliner and business jet platforms. That experience forged our approach to aviation innovation: great underlying technology, proactive FAA engagement, and relentless dedication to the details of each customer’s aircraft and mission.
Skyband was created to bring that deployment mindset to resilient position, navigation, and timing.
The Company
Skyband is building aviation-grade resilient PNT hardware for aircraft operating in increasingly complex navigation environments.
The Origin
The company was founded by former SpaceX leaders who built, certified, integrated, and scaled aviation technology in the field.
The Mission
Skyband exists to enhance crew judgement, reduce uncertainty, and work seamlessly with existing aircraft systems.
Leadership
The founding team
Skyband’s founding team brings direct experience across aviation hardware, enterprise engineering, mobility systems, and aviation certification at fleet scale.
Will Seidel
Co-founder
Will spent thirteen years at SpaceX, where he led Starlink Aviation from its first customer installation to over $1B in annual revenue, with certifications on every modern Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer commercial airliner and every leading business jet platform. Earlier in his tenure, he led thermal design for Falcon, Dragon, and Starlink.
Robert Wiggenhorn
Co-founder
Robert spent four years at SpaceX as Director of Starlink Enterprise Engineering, growing the business from $0 to $1B in revenue. He directly led engineering and product development for the Community Gateway, delivering 20 Gbps symmetric connectivity anywhere in the world.
Elias Bello
Founding Engineer
Elias spent four years at SpaceX, where he led the program to certify Starlink’s first business aviation STC on the Gulfstream G650 and set the strategy for follow-on STCs. He also founded the first Starshield product engineering team, building custom systems for ground, sea, and air customers.
Abe Gustafson
Founding Engineer
Abe spent seven years at SpaceX, where he led Starlink Mobility engineering, helping the mobile fleet scale from zero to six million devices. He also owned Starlink’s global link planning and orchestration pipeline through service launch in 2020, and built the factory-to-orbit hardware traceability system still in use today.
Sara Montecino
Founding Engineer
Sara spent three years at SpaceX, where she led the Starlink User Terminal Software team, owning software reliability and deployments across more than two million devices. She led the initial bring-up of the Starlink Mini through first factory production and drove software testing, integration, and deployment for Starlink’s commercial and government aviation contracts.
Clayton Button
Founding Engineer
Clayton spent six years at SpaceX as the primary mechanical engineer for the Dragon 2 solar array, hardware that powered the first American spacecraft to autonomously dock with the International Space Station. He conducted final verification reviews and static load testing on Dragon systems that carry astronauts today, and led production of Falcon 9 composite structures while developing an adhesive injection process that became the SpaceX company standard.
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Investors
Backed to build
Skyband is backed by top-tier global investors who understand the criticality of building resilient infrastructure.
Major Investors
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Supporting Investors
Partners
Built with aviation and PNT partners
Skyband partners with satellite-PNT providers, certification and installation partners, and aircraft operators to bring resilient navigation into service.
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Fly with confidence when GPS is contested
Skyband helps aviation operators strengthen navigation confidence with a GPS+ layer built for today's aircraft, demanding operating environments, and empowered pilots.
