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Honeywell Explains Why ADS-B Updates Today Will Save You a Headache in 2020 It’s hard to imagine where you’ll be next year, much less three years from now, but give it a try. The world is a big place, and global business operates at a fast pace. In 2020, will you need to be in Tokyo, Dubai, London or New York? More importantly, how will you get there? Your answer could be a business aircraft. Of course, how you’ll get to where you want to be in 2020 depends on whether your aircraft has completed its ADS-B Out compliance. Three years may seem like plenty of time, but the window for meeting the Federal Aviation Administration’s mandate for ADS-B Out compliance is closing fast. In reality, the three-year time span is short considering the thousands of aircraft that need to be upgraded by a small network of business jet maintenance, repair and overhaul centers; the challenges faced in servicing so many aircraft; and the uncertainty felt by owners and operators that can bring u...

Neelam Mathews   IHS Jane's Airport Review Mar 12, 2015 The Aireon joint venture for space-based global air traffic surveillance has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on the potential deployment of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) services in Indian airspace. The MoU states that AAI will work with Aireon to develop applicable regulations, standards, and procedures for ADS-B; identify specific requirements for AAI's use of space-based ADS-B surveillance; and demonstrate how the use of ADS-B can improve aviation operations in Indian airspace. The Indian Space Research Organisation will assist the AAI in examining the feasibility of the Aireon solution. Aireon on 24-25 March will brief the AAI about the cost-effectiveness of its solution. ..... more on ihsairport360.com

Neelam Mathews Sept 18, 2012 Kazakhstan’s national carrier, Air Astana airlines has selected a number of Rockwell Collins’ advanced avionics, including its GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR), for six new Airbus A320/321 aircraft. Deliveries of Air Astana’s new Airbus fleet are expected to begin in November. Rockwell Collins' GLU-925 MMR enables airlines and operators to take advantage of evolving Required Navigation Performance (RNP)/Area Navigation (RNAV) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities. The MMR fulfills the requirements for aircraft navigation position source, Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS), Category I Global Positioning Landing System (GLS), accessing RNP/RNAV airspace (down to RNP Authorization Required 0.1), and it meets the GPS position and availability requirements for ADS-B Out mandates.

Air Transport Aviation Week & Space Technology May 10 , 2010 , p. 50 Neelam Mathews New Delhi Printed headline: Updating Indian ATM ITT Defense & Information Systems is proposing to play the same systems integration role for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) radar in India that it is fulfilling in the U.S., but even as the Indians recognize ADS-B’s superior ability to track and control aircraft, they worry about its costs. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is pursuing an ITT system that would cover the entire subcontinent plus the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. As Indian skies become more crowded, AAI says ADS-B’s ability to precisely locate one aircraft’s position in relation to others will greatly enhance the Indian air traffic controllers’ management of takeoff, landing and transit operations. “We are actively considering this [option],” says V. Somasundaram, executive director of AAI air traffic management. “However, the final decision depen...