Aviation News Item: 01289

28th Apr 2009

Source: fly-corporate.com

BJAC Services has successfully installed and tested its first Bio-air Protection System by Air Data on a Bombardier Global aircraft.

The Jet Air BPS is designed to provide a higher level of protection from a wider range of unhealthy biological and chemical cabin air contaminants such as SARS and avian flu, as well as a reduction of concentrations of carbon monoxide, benzene, methanol and isopropyl alcohol in the re-circulated air.

The BPS is based on Plasmer 'cold plasma ionic interaction' technology pioneered on the International Space Station, and also used in hospitals under the brand name HEPA-MD and now adapted to civil aircraft.

BJAC Services has also concluded an agreement with SatCom System to distribute, develop and certify aircraft installations of their satellite communication system for Voice, Data, SMS messaging and GPS worldwide.

This satellite system is primarily intended to work with Iridium and Thuraya networks. Due to its compact nature it can be integrated almost anywhere in any helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.

In addition, the company's BJAC PilotsEdge Electronic Flight Bag has received its Supplemental Type Certification (STC) from EASA. The unit, which is also certified by Transport Canada and the FAA, is currently being installed on the Bombardier Series of Business Jets, and on a Boeing 777 VVIP aircraft.

It is a Class 3 EFB platform from a hardware perspective built to commercial airline avionics standards, and tested to DO-160E, capable of running many different Types A and B software applications from its BJAC's 'One-Touch' Menu Page, on a Windows XP platform. It also features ARINC 429 communications integrated into the computer module for reading pertinent data from the aircraft and uploading to the EFB applications. An integrated video server capable of accepting up to eight video inputs is also included.

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