Korean Air Favors ARINC

ARINC's long-time customer Korean Air is renewing its contracts for ARINC GLOBALink data and voice communications and ARINC AviNet wide-area network service. Under the GLOBALink contract, ARINC will continue to provide Korean Air with a full range of data link and voice flight communications, including GLOBALink/VHFSM, GLOBALink/HFSM, Satellite Communications and Voice Communications services. The new AviNet contract likewise provides for multiple services, including ARINC's AviNet AirportTM, and Type A and Type B messaging. South Korea's largest airline, Korean Air serves 117 domestic and international destinations in 39 countries with its growing fleet of 100 Boeing and 27 Airbus aircraft.

FlightSafety Oked for Simulators & Training

FlightSafety International has received Joint Aviation Authority Type Rating Training Organization approval from the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority for its Bell Helicopter 212/412 and 430 training programs. In addition, the Bell Helicopter 212/412 simulator has been qualified by the European Aviation Safety Agency and the Bell Helicopter 430 simulator has also been qualified by the National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil and EASA. The Bell Helicopter 212, 412 and 430 simulators and training programs are located at FlightSafety's Learning Center in Fort Worth, TX.

Bird Strike Prevention in East Africa

The AviAssist Foundation recently completed a four-day wildlife hazard management workshop at Kilimanjaro Airport in Tanzania. The course provided an introduction and refresher to wildlife hazards to aviation. The workshop was oversubscribed with 27 participants from seven countries in the region. "A number of airports in the East African region suffer from a fairly serious bird strike problem. The workshop is part of the Foundation's efforts campaign to bring best practices within reach of African aviation professionals in East and Southern Africa" explained AviAssist Director Tom Kok. Two members of the International Bird Strike Committee were prepared to make their expertise available to their colleagues in this region. During the workshop, the Foundation managed to facilitate the start of the East African Interim Wildlife Hazard Management Committee. The Foundation will support the committee as part of its regular mandate. Financial and in kind support of the Netherlands Ministry of Transport, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Precision Air and host Kilimanjaro Airports Development Company made the workshop possible and free to participants other then having to cover their own travel and accommodation cost.

Rockwell Collins Avionics for Dubai Aerospace's A320s

Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has selected Rockwell Collins communication, navigation and surveillance systems to be offered as baseline equipment for installation on 70 of the company's new Airbus A320 aircraft. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled from 2011 through 2015. "Our selection of Rockwell Collins reflects our confidence in the employees and the products of Rockwell Collins," said Bob Genise, CEO of Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's Capital division. "Rockwell Collins is a well respected company in the aerospace industry, and we are pleased to offer their products as our baseline equipment on our A320 family aircraft." The Rockwell Collins avionics will be offered as "baseline" when DAE leases an aircraft to an end-user airline. Specific end-user aircraft avionics configurations will vary depending on end-user preference.Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract by SELEX Systemi Integrati of Italy for the provision of an integrated air traffic management (ATM) systems package for the New Doha International Airport in Qatar. "The integrated ATM package that we will be providing will help facilitate the handling of the heavy volume of flights that this new international airport will face in the years ahead," said Eldar Hauge, managing director for Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in Norway. Under the contract Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will supply and install a ground-to-air communications system; the instrument landing systems; a digital voice and radar recording system; and a surface movement guidance and control system, which includes surface movement radars and multi-lateration sensors integrated with SELEX's automation system.

ATC Comms Upgrade for Gimpo Airport

Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been awarded a contract to supply and install fourteen VHF and four UHF ground-to-air radio communication systems and a 20-position voice communication control system (VCCS) for Gimpo International Airport, Seoul, South Korea. Park Air Systems will provide an E1 digital end-to-end solution which will include the GAREX 220 primary and emergency VCCS. This will integrate with the company's PAE T6 UHF/VHF range of equipment and with locally supplied equipment including installation works, antenna mast construction, and inter-site communications. The contract is expected to be completed in 2010 and follows on from previous contracts awarded to Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems for the supply of air traffic control systems across South Korea, including those at Incheon Airport, Incheon ACC and other regional airports.

Data Storage for Oceanic ATM

Lockheed Martin is increasing the performance, usability and data storage capacity of the system used by the Federal Aviation Administration for oceanic air traffic control. The recently completed technology refresh of the Ocean21(TM) system updates the Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) program at air route traffic control centers in Anchorage, Alaska, Islip, N.Y., and Oakland, CA. ATOP is the FAA's modernization program for oceanic air traffic control. It uses a satellite-based system that integrates flight and radar data processing, advanced digital surveillance and communication capabilities, and enhanced controller tool sets for all three oceanic air traffic control centers, combining common procedures, training, maintenance and support.

Enhancing Air Safety in Indonesia

All Weather, Inc. (AWI) is providing an undisclosed number of Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) and Runway Visual Range Systems (RVR) to numerous airports throughout Indonesia. The AWOS, developed by AWI, is an unmanned system that provides up-to-the-minute weather data to airport personnel, pilots, and meteorological offices. The RVR system, developed by AWI provides accurate and reliable RVR values aiding in safer take offs and touchdowns. "These systems will provide around-the-clock weather and RVR data to locations that, until now, have had limited or no access to such information," said Steve Glander, international sales manager of AWI Included in AWI's AWOS offering are sensors for measuring wind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, rainfall, and barometric pressure, the Indonesian airports will also be outfitted with AWI's Laser Ceilometer and Dual-Technology Visibility/RVR Sensor. Laser ceilometers use laser pulses and sophisticated software algorithms to "see" cloud cover, enabling them to determine the height and depth of up to four layers of clouds above an airport. A series of Dual-Technology Visibility Sensors installed alongside the airport's runway work in concert with AWI's Ambient Light Sensor to determine Runway Visual Range (RVR), a highly accurate measure of visibility from a pilot's perspective.

Enhanced Flight Safety for Slovenian Cop Choppers

EADS Defence & Security will equip the Slovenian police force's helicopter squadron with the globally unique HELLAS (Helicopter Laser Radar) obstacle warning system, which enables helicopter missions to be carried out even when visibility is extremely poor. The firm has been awarded a contract for a HELLAS system to be delivered before the end of this year, for integration into a Bell 412 helicopter. HELLAS enables pilots to detect and avoid the smallest of obstacles, even when visibility is bad, thus offering crucial protection against one of the main causes of helicopter accidents. The system scans the airspace ahead of the helicopter using a laser beam that poses no danger to the human eye. It detects even extremely thin wires with a high accuracy from distances of up to 1,000 meters. On the HELLAS display, the pilot sees a grey-scale, in-depth image of the landscape in front of the helicopter. Potential obstacles are displayed in a reddish color so that the helicopter crew can identify them in good time to take appropriate evasive maneuvers.