Aviation News Item: 00451

12th Aug 2009

Source: ubmaviationnews.com

Canada-based AeroMechanical Services (AMS) and an unnamed customer will perform an aircraft-in-service evaluation of its automated flight information reporting system ('afirs'), which can stream position and flight data recorder (FDR) information to ground anywhere, anytime, in real-time. The system provides a continuous automated link between onboard avionics (including GPS and FDR), the Iridium global satellite network and a ground-based web-server, which automatically routes messages to any number of designated recipients, all within seconds. The use of Iridium means that there are no coverage gaps in the 'afirs' data streaming anywhere on the globe.

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