FreeFlight to Provide Upgraded ADS-B Avionics
Source: FreeFlight Systems, 10-May-13
FreeFlight Systems announces that the Federal Aviation Administration has selected the company to provide upgraded ADS-B avionics for as many as 600 aircraft that were instrumental in the development of ADS-B in the Capstone Program. The FAA chose FreeFlight Systems for the ADS-B upgrade program after an industry-wide, open competitive bidding process. The program fulfills [...]
Aspen announces ADS-B solutions
Source: Aspen Avionics, 27-Mar-13
Aspen Avionics announced today two new lines of NextGen products designed to give aircraft owners flexible and affordable options to meet the upcoming FAA ADS-B Out equipment mandate, and to access the subscription-free weather and traffic services available from the ADS-B In network. Aspena product introductions include a new, certified NextGen product line and an [...]
Bristow awarded FAA STC for ADS-B Out solution on S76C
Source: Bristow Group, 05-Mar-13
Bristow Group Inc., a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, announced today that working with Aviation Design Management, it has been awarded an FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the installation of a fully rule compliant 1090ES DO-260B ADS-B Out solution for the Sikorsky S-76C+ and S-76C++ helicopters as the required first [...]
HAI Attends Gulf of Mexico HSAC Meeting
Source: HAI, 30-Jan-13
HAI’s Director of Safety Stan Rose and Vice President of Government Affairs Ann Carroll attended the Helicopter Safety Advisory Council (HSAC) meeting in New Orleans, La., from Jan. 23-24. Rose and Carroll participated in a number of discussions with HSAC’s board, as well as with the FAA regarding offshore ADS-B issues.
EASA approves Honeywell’s Primus Epic ADS-B
Source: Honeywell, 13-Dec-12
Honeywell has received a European Technical Standard Order from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approving the use of its Primus Epic Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) Out transponder in Europe. ADS-B Out enables an aircraft to use precise satellite global positioning (GPS) data to accurately pinpoint its position in real time and broadcast this data [...]
FreeFlight Systems XPLORER ADS-B Datalink Receiver
Source: FreeFlight Systems, 12-Dec-12
FreeFlight Systems announces immediate availability of its XPLORER receiver, an affordable, high-performance datalink weather receiver with upgradability to full ADS-B In weather and traffic data capabilities when installed with a certified ADS-B Out transmitter. Based on FreeFlight Systems’ certified RANGR family of 978MHz ADS-B systems, XPLORER receives the full ADS-B Flight Information Service Broadcast (FIS-B) [...]
First UAV demo for ADS-B fully autonomous collision avoidance
Source: R³ Engineering, 05-Nov-12
R³ Engineering LLC (R³E) announces the first ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed by a sense and avoid system installed on an unmanned aircraft system (UAS). On Friday August 10th, 2012, an AWSAS™ (R³E’s All Weather Sense and Avoid System) installed on a research UAS, with no external command or control [...]
Bristow selects FreeFlight Systems’ RANGR ADS-B Solution for GoM AW139 fleet
Source: FreeFlight Systems, 20-Aug-12
FreeFlight Systems announced today that Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), a leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, has selected FreeFlight Systems RANGR FDL-978TX ADS-B Out solution for its AW139 helicopters serving Bristow’s customers in the Gulf of Mexico. The FreeFlight Systems RANGR FDL-978TX system for the AW139 is the first certified, [...]
Garmin introduces comprehensive lineup of certified and portable ADS-B solutions
Source: Garmin, 17-Jul-12
Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced a comprehensive suite of certified and portable ADS-B solutions, providing options for any aircraft owner to satisfy the U.S. NextGen mandate for ADS-B Out and also gain immediate access to the benefits of ADS-B In including high-integrity [...]
FreeFlight Systems and Chevron Receive STC for ADS-B solution
Source: FreeFlight Systems, 18-Jun-12
For First Rule-Compliant ADS-B Installation In GOMEX Helicopters Waco Texas, June 14, 2012, FreeFlight Systems, a leading NextGen avionics supplier, and Chevron Corporation announced today that FreeFlight Systems has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the first fully rule-compliant ADS-B solution for Gulf of Mexico (GOMEX) helicopter operators. Developed using the FreeFlight Systems RANGR [...]
Trig Avionics, leading the field in ADS-B certification
Source: Trig Avionics, 11-Feb-12
The race to develop a practical and affordable ADS-B solution that will be attractive to general aviation pilots is being led by transponder experts Trig Avionics. Trig recently took another major step in this process by becoming the first company in the world to be awarded FAA TSO C166b certification for their TT31 and TT22 [...]
SEA contracted to develop ADS-B STC
Source: Southeast Aerospace, 10-Feb-12
Southeast Aerospace (SEA), located in Melbourne Florida, has been contracted by Auburn University through its Aviation Management /Professional Flight Education Program to develop a complete ADS-B solution including an AML STC. Through the development of this ADS-B project, SEA plans to support the GA market with an STC with AML approval for a 978MHz UAT [...]
Avidyne extends ADS-B offerings with AXP340 Mode-S transponder
Source: Avidyne, 21-Jul-11
Avidyne Corporation, a leading provider of integrated flight deck and safety systems for general aviation aircraft, today introduced their new AXP340 Mode S Transponder with ADS-B Out capability to meet the mandate for the NextGen airspace initiative. The AXP340 transmits ADS-B Out information via Extended Squitter (ES) to appropriately-equipped ground stations and other ADS-B In-equipped [...]
Sensis ADS-B chosen for Norwegian sector of North Sea
Source: Sensis, 28-Jun-11
Avinor AS, the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) for Norway, has selected Sensis Corporation to deploy an Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system for the surveillance of helicopter traffic serving oil and gas platforms in the Norwegian part of the North Sea. Sensis ADS-B’s highly accurate surveillance will enhance safety of flights by providing air [...]
Rockwell Collins initiates project to validate ADS-B requirements in Europe
Source: Rockwell Collins, 22-Jun-11
Rockwell Collins, in collaboration with multiple helicopter operators*, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), Eurocontrol, and the Netherlands Civil Aviation Administration, recently completed an operational evaluation to successfully validate automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) out airworthiness requirements for helicopters operating over the North Sea. The multi-year project, of which Rockwell Collins was a leading participant, [...]
Gulf of Mexico ADS-B Avionics Forum to be held at Heli-Expo 2011
Source: HAI, 15-Feb-11
HAI is pleased to announce a Gulf of Mexico ADS-B avionics forum will be held at HELI-EXPO 2011 in Orlando, Fla. on Tuesday, March 8, from 1:00pm-3:00pm in Room S230 A & B of the Orange County Convention Center. The forum will include helicopter operators, avionics and airframe manufacturers and the FAA, with discussion focused on [...]
NBC Nightly News features ADS-B in Gulf of Mexico
Source: HAI, 04-Jan-11
NBC Nightly News recently aired a report on the FAA’s Next-Generation Air Traffic System that featured the pioneering application of that system’s backbone, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B), for helicopter operations in the Gulf of Mexico. “The FAA is touting a revolutionary system that it says will overhaul air traffic control across America, making the nation’s [...]
L-3 Avionics Systems Announces ADS-B Ready SkyWatch® HP
Source: L-3 Avionics, 21-Oct-10
L-3 Avionics Systems announced today at the NBAA Annual Meeting and Convention that Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capable versions of the SkyWatch® HP models SKY899 TAS and SKY899A TCAS-I are expected to be available in mid-2011. The new SkyWatch HP units will come with a pre-installed updated software package that will fuse active traffic and [...]
Rockwell Collins awarded $6.3M contract for ADS-B integration on H-53s
Source: US Dept of Defense, 18-Oct-10
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $6,313,475 order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00421-06-G-0006) for the integration of operational flight programs for the Communication, Navigation Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/AQTM) Program and automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) on the H-53 series aircraft. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, [...]
FAA gives go-ahead to full US-wide ADS-B rollout
Source: FAA, 24-Sep-10
The FAA gave the green light for full-scale, nationwide deployment of the satellite-based surveillance system called Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) following its successful roll-out at four key sites. The commissioning of the system means that air traffic controllers are now able to use the new technology to separate aircraft in areas with ADS-B [...]
FreeFlight Systems Announces the RANGR 978 MHz ADS-B products
Source: FreeFlight Systems, 29-Jul-10
FreeFlight Systems, a global provider of high quality navigation management systems, radar altimeters and other critical avionics, announces its line of RANGR 978 MHz ADS-B products including ADS-B transmitters, transmitters with WAAS GPS, transceivers, and transceivers with WAAS GPS. The final FAA rule dictates an ADS-B compliant system must have a high integrity position source [...]
FAA urges everyone to get ready for ADS-B
Source: FAA, 14-Jul-10
Greater efficiency and improved situational awareness – that’s what ADS-B promises to provide for aircraft operating in the national airspace system (NAS). With several airport areas already operating with ADS-B capability, as well as a recently published rule on performance requirements, those objectives are becoming a reality. What do these changes mean to general aviation, [...]
Alaska controllers officially using ADS-B
Source: FAA, 28-Jun-10
ANCHORAGE, AK — Air traffic controllers in the Alaska region are now officially using Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) technology to improve safety and efficiency in Alaska’s rugged terrain. The system – Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) – is a core technology under NextGen. “NextGen technology is already helping make aviation safer and more efficient,” [...]
ATP Oil & Gas Corp First in Gulf to Install ADS-B Air Traffic Control System
Source: Street Insider, 29-Jul-09
