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FAA Renews ATC Coms Contract with Rockwell Collins

By Juliet Van Wagenen | October 3, 2016
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Rockwell Collins center for providing the FAA with ATC communications between the FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace
Rockwell Collins center for providing the FAA with ATC communications between the FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace. Photo: Rockwell Collins

[Avionics Today 10-03-2016] The FAA has renewed its Aeronautical Mobile Communications Service (AMCS) agreement with Rockwell Collins. Under the agreement, the company will continue to provide Air Traffic Control (ATC) communications, including position reports, aircraft requests and ATC clearances, between the FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace.

Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Voice Services cover more than 25 million square miles of U.S. oceanic airspace and the company’s radio operators handle approximately 200,000 messages per month for the FAA and the airline industry. In addition to the FAA agreement, Rockwell Collins provides voice communications services for aircraft operators by delivering company messages between aircrews and dispatch centers anywhere in the world. Rockwell Collins also has other ongoing programs with the FAA to provide Oceanic Datalink (ODL) services as well as domestic data link services as part of the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) initiative.

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