A datalink system developed by Teledyne Controls (Booth 5610) has performed Future Air Navigation System (FANS) communications on the first business aircraft. The company's new TeleLink system was used on aboard a Boeing Business Jet on a North Atlantic flight in July.
Developed initially for use on commercial aircraft, FANS can enhance communications to and from an airplane by freeing-up congested radio frequencies, reducing flight crew workloads, and saving fuel through improved routings. A FANS datalink allows for the automatic exchange of critical messages and graphics between an airplane and a ground-based datalink service provider or host computers.
TeleLink is already in service on four additional BBJs operating in Pacific and Atlantic ocean FANS environments. Teledyne's digital communication system serves as the central communication device between onboard avionics systems and communication networks.
By connecting to VHF radio, satcom, and MagnaStar telephone communication networks, a TeleLink system offers all the benefits of an ACARS (Aircraft Addressing and Reporting System), as well as providing two-way messaging, Pre-Departure Clearances (PDC), digital Automatic Terminal Information System (ATIS), Oceanic Clearance Delivery (OCD), flight planning and following, textual and graphical real-time weather, as well as Out-Off-On-In (OOOI) reporting.
