Data Link Users Forum - Brussels

If you missed our presentations at the AEEC DLKUF held recently in Brussels on the subjects of the MPRT-500 data link ramp test set and PAGN - the Private Air-Ground Data Link Network  -   please click here:
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ADS takes over operations of DTekta P/L

Melbourne, Australia - ADS has announced that it has taken over the research and development activities of metal detector development company - DTekta Pty Ltd.

ADS will be applying its R&D skills in VHF digital radio technology, electronics development and digital signal processing to a new technology stream of metal detectors which will have significant application in the areas of land-mine, security and gold detection industries.  

ADS wins contract with Bureau Of Meteorology

Melbourne, Australia - The Australian government's Bureau of Meteorology recently awarded a major contract to ADS to design and develop an AMDAR Data Optimization System (ADOS).

Meteorological Data is routinely gathered by aircraft flying through Australian airspace and delivered via ACARS data link to the Bureau - where the data is used both directly and indirectly through the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) for aviation met forecasting.

By analysing details such as flight arrival and departure times, departure and arrival ports, and aircraft met
reporting status, control commands will be generated and sent to the aircraft computer systems during flight via ACARS data link.  This enables the ADOS software system to control the amount of data delivered by the aircraft, eliminating the excessive data quantities that are derived around the busier airports and along major routes - where numerous aircraft movements occur - while ensuring that valuable data from more remote locations continues to be generated and downlinked.

Selex Communications adds ATN decoder module to their PVDL emulation suite.

Firenze, Italy -  Selex Communications SPA,  supplier of state of the art telecommunications systems to the aerospace industry, has recently purchased the ATN decoder module to expand the scope of their PVDL VDL Mode 2 emulation system.  This adds the capability of decoding data passing through the ATN stack from 8208 to TP4 layers.  Please contact us if you have any similar requirements.

Honeywell - Czech Republic - becomes PC.ACARS Customer.

Brno, Czech Republic -  We are proud to announce that Honeywell's Global Design Centre (Aerospace)  located in Brno, Czech Republic, has become our most recent customer to procure the PC.ACARS test system.  The system - which uses our SDM-17E electronics module -  will be used to emulate the behaviour of an ACARS ground station during avionics systems development and testing.

ADS's datalink and CNS/ATN products which include ACARS, VDL Mode 2 and GNSS/GBAS based systems, are now used in 23 countries around the world.

ADS wins contract to supply KARI with data link system.

Daejeon, South Korea - KARI - Korea Aerospace Research Institute, Korea's leading national aerospace R&D institute, has awarded ADS the contract to supply a VDL Mode 2 and ACARS Ground Station emulation and monitoring system.  The system will be used to enhance KARI's CNS/ATM development program.

The equipment package plus training was delivered to KARI during August 2007.

Belgocontrol orders D-ATIS and DCL Test System.

Brussels, Belgium - Belgocontrol, the organisation responsible for air traffic safety in Belgian airspace, has ordered ADS's aircraft simulation tool for emulating D-ATIS and DCL operations over ACARS data link.

The applications, which are fully compliant with EUROCAE ED85A, ED89A and AEEC 623, operate on ADS's MVDL platform which is capable of providing both ACARS and VDL Mode 2 datalink operations.  

The emulation tool allows the test operator to initiate downlinks to a datalink ground station from the MVDL "aircraft".  The downlinks travel through the normal datalink service provider path to Belgocontrol's D-ATIS / DCL applications.  These applications then generate an appropriate response which is uplinked via the return path to the originating aircraft (the MVDL test platform).  The uplinked data is displayed by the MVDL platform in standard flight deck formats.

ADS and Airtel ATN join forces to introduce VDL2 / ATN test tools

Aviation Data Systems - We are pleased to announce that ADS has combined with Airtel ATN to provide a full VDL2 (provided by ADS) and ATN stack (provided by Airtel ATN) emulation and test solution. These will be incorporated into ADS's existing PVDL (Aircraft & Ground Station) and  MPRT products to provide testing and emulation of Communication Navigation Surveillance / Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM), Connection Management (CM), Controller-Pilot Datalink Communications (CPDLC) and Automatic Dependant Surveilance (ADS) applications.

To see these products in action or enquire about solutions we can provide for you, contact us directly to arrange demonstration.

ADS provides IDS S.p.A. with GBAS emulation system.

Pisa,  Italy - IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A. –  has contracted with ADS for the supply of the airborne DGPS component of a GBAS simulation system for Italy’s Civil Aviation Authority.  The system to be supplied is based on the Mini-VDR (D8PSK) VHF receiver and will operate software conforming to the signaling requirements of RTCA DO-246.

The Mini-VDR will receive and decode DO-246 (LAAS) uplinks from the VDB Simulator and will perform similar tasks to that of an airborne multi-mode receiver (MMR).

IDS Ingegneria Dei Sistemi S.p.A, headquartered in the city of Pisa, is an engineering system technology company, providing expert research and innovation services.

PAGN goes 'live' with launch customer Jetstar Airways.

Melbourne, Australia -  ADS's new PAGN (Private ACARS Ground Network) was switched 'ON' by launch customer Jetstar, in late October.  Jetstar, the Qantas owned low-cost airline subsidiary, is initially using PAGN VHF ACARS ground stations in 8 locations.

Jetstar, with its fleet of 23 A320 and 6 A330 aircraft, flies directly to 20 ports within Australia and has an expanding international network which currently includes 18 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region

PAGN allows any airline like Jetstar to become a datalink service provider (DSP) - owning and operating its own ACARS network - including host processor and ground stations - but still retaining connectivity to the major DSP's.  This eliminates the on-going service and messaging costs associated with the traditional global DSP's.

PAGN is  a fully flexible TCP/IP enabled ACARS network - ideal for the regional aircraft operator. 
See Media Release.

THALES Training & Simulation UK Ltd use PC-ACARS in Flight Simulator application.

THALES T&S - the premier flight simulator manufacturer - has expanded their use of PC-ACARS in providing datalink simulation solutions.  Thales Training & Simulation, formed out of the combination of LMT and Thomson (France), Rediffusion and Link Miles (UK), Wormald Technology (Australia) and Burtec (USA),  interface their own application software to the PC-ACARS hardware.  This facilitates the exchange of uplink and downlink data between the 'aircraft' and 'ground station' enabling simulation of the broad and increasingly critical services available via ACARS data link.

ADS also supplies VDL Mode 2 systems for 'real' or simulation applications.

PC-ACARS gives Qantas "private" ground station.

The Qantas maintenance facility at Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, is out of range (at sea-level) of the Melbourne ACARS ground station.  Qantas is now able to perform full functional aircraft tests after new ACARS avionics upgrades by using our PC-ACARS system as their own "private" ACARS ground station (RGS).

Please ask us how we can develop or customize specific applications for your unique requirements in ACARS, VDL or GBAS.

If you have any questions about VDL - how it works, its specifications etc - please don't hesitate to contact us