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satellite tracks and viewable by the operator.
Avionica's systems send flight data reports directly to
both air traffic control as well as the operator.
hours of flight data, depending on the unit and the aircraft.
"The FMS provides position and flight tracking through
Currently, the industry supports 10- or 15-minute position
the FANS-1/A datalink communications between pilot
reports, but the trend is moving toward a more dynamic
and controllers," Rios said. "Our satcom system has been
system, according to Rios. When the aircraft meets an
certified in meeting the stringent performance standards to
anomaly like in an emergency, the rate automatically
provide the link off the airplane for those FANS messages
increases to a minute or two to capture more data about the
while the aircraft is flying over remote regions wherever
aircraft's location.
VHF isn't available. Furthermore, we included our QAR
"Take for example, the Air France flight several years
technology directly in our satcom system to augment the
ago," Rios said. "That flight was transmitting its location
position and tracking information and provide aircraft
every 10 minutes. Yet, the search area was so huge it
flight parameters, as well."
took two years to find the black box. Ten-minute position
In addition to products from Avionica and Spidertracks,
reports for an aircraft flying 500
aircraft operators have a myriad of
knots is not very precise."
flight tracking and data recording
Although ideal, real-time tracking
options, depending on needs - from
GENERALLY, FLIGHT
doesn't quite exist yet because true
Latitude Technologies' SkyNode to
TRACKING HAS BEEN
streaming isn't possible. Providers
Honeywell's Sky Connect Tracker to
use a packet system with flight
Outerlink Global Solutions' devices
POPULAR AMONG
reports set to a specific frequency
and more.
HELICOPTER
- how frequent depends on the
Latitude offers automated
hardware maker, the satellite network
post-flight wireless data transfer
OPERATORS
and high-speed data provider. Most
and analytics. Users can access
aircraft tracking systems today allow
AND FIXED-WING
the company's web-based flight
operators to change the frequency
monitoring system to view data
OPERATORS
of position reporting, automate
and set event thresholds to report
WHO WORK IN REMOTE
messages for takeoff and landing
exceedances in real-time as well as
and alerts for exceeding specific
AREAS OR IN EXTREME
after the flight.
operating parameters, and two-way
Latitude's services also include
CONDITIONS SUCH AS
voice and text messaging. How that
WebSentinel, a subscriptionAERIAL FIREFIGHTING OR
information is actually uploaded and
based flight following program
TRANSPORTING CREWS
obtained by the operator depends on
that processes geo-positioning
TO OFFSHORE DRILLING
the system.
and telematics data collected and
"Spidertracks' Spider is capable
distributed by its SkyNode device
PLATFORMS.
of recording data at one-second
for live and historic flight data.
intervals, and the system is capable
Another subscription-based service
of detecting unusual values such as
specifically for aircraft equipped
exceeding a pre-defined rate of climb or rate of descent
with location-reporting capability, the WebSentinel
and sending alerts back in real-time," said Todd O'Hara,
NEXUS tracking and mapping system integrates real-time
marketing manager for Spidertracks, a New Zealand
situational data from any device and any satcom network
company specializing in satellite-based real-time aircraft
into a web-based user display.
tracking.
The company has gained popularity for its user-friendly
The technology is close
system, which lets operators track their aircraft via a
Generally, flight tracking has been popular among
smartphone or tablet. Spidertracks recently announced its
helicopter operators and fixed-wing operators who work
new Virtual FDR (flight data recorder), an add-on for the
in remote areas or in extreme conditions such as aerial
Spider 6 and Spider 7. It captures data on nine axes (threefirefighting or transporting crews to offshore drilling
axis gyro, accelerometer and compass), which is recorded
platforms. Their use coupled with emerging equipage
onto the Spider. The operator can transfer the data from the
Continued on page 40
Spider to a cloud platform where it is overlaid onto existing
REAL-TIME FLIGHT TRACKING
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