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ARINC VDL Mode 2 AOA and ATN

Program Status&

Deployment Activities

November, 2000

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VDL Mode 2 Program Status• AOA– Initial Operational Capability Established on

November 17th over Iowa and Washington State

– Four Ground Stations in Service as of November 17th

– En-route Coverage Roll-out and Service Offering Begins in Early 2001

• Interoperability Testing– Collins Underway– FAA Underway– Honeywell imminent– Airbus/Aerospatiale (AMA) plans in

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VDL Mode 2 Program Status

• ATN– “Early” ATN Release for PETAL IIe

Completed and Tested by 1Q01– PETAL IIe Ground Infrastructure will be

Deployed and Operational in April 2001• evaluations from May through October 2001• Eurocontrol, American Airlines, ARINC,

Collins,

– ATN Service will be Deployed and Operational in December 2001• FAA CPDLC Build 1 operational evaluation

begins in June 2002• ATN service offered in 2002

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ARINC VDL/ATN Development andContinuing Maintenance

ARINC VDL Mode 2 Service(Including Demonstrations & Operational Evaluations)

PETAL II5-10/017 Stns

ARINCFAAEurocontrol

AOAIOC

1/01 1/02 1/03 1/04 1/05 2011+

CPDLC Build 14 Services, MIA, Enroute

CPDLC Build 1AAdditional Services; National

Deployment, Enroute

1/97-00

ARINC VDL/ATN Development toSupport PETAL II and CPDLC

ATNIOC ARINC VDL/ATN Service Expansion

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ARINC VDLM2 Industry Partnership

• Interoperability Team Meetings Occuring Since Early ‘98– Most Recent Meeting at Boeing in August

• Air/Ground Test Station (AGTS) Developed and Delivered to Industry– Allows Avionics Suppliers to Test with ARINC

Production VDLM2 Software• Collins AGTS delivered in March• Honeywell AGTS fabricated - delivery by early

November• Three additional AGTS’s will support American

Airlines 767 VDLM2 certification in 2002

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VDLM2 Industry PartnershipRecent Accomplishments

• On-going Testing Between ARINC and Collins since March– Proven that ARINC and Collins Implementations are

Compatible

• First VDLM2 Flight on October 20th was accomplished against ARINC VDLM2 Implementation

• First VDLM2/AOA Flight Against “Live” Network Occurred on November 20, 2000– Collins Test Aircraft Exchanged VDLM2/AOA

Messages

• FAA Tech Center VDLM2 “Test Stack”– Tested VDL link establishment, data delivery, and

disconnects

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AOA Service and Ground Station Roll-Out Approach

• Initial Operational Capability – Limited Coverage Area Currently Established – Anticipate Very Few Aircraft Equipped

• avionics certification activities• AQP activities

• Operational Service Evolves & Expands– En-route Service Coverage Deployed– System Enhancements are Implemented – VDLM2 AOA Equipped Aircraft in Revenue Service

• AOA Service will Remain

– No “Sunset” Date

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AOA Initial Coverage and Expansion

• Initial Coverage to Support Avionics Certification over two geographic areas– Three Ground Stations Deployed in Washington

• Boeing and Honeywell certification activities

– Deployment complete in early November

– Three Ground Stations Deployed in Iowa• Rockwell Collins certification activities

– Deployment complete

• Coverage Expansion– Driven by the Following Factors

• Alleviate ACARS RF Congestion

• Airline Coverage Needs

– Aircraft equipage rates

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Summary

• Roll-out of VDL Mode 2 Has Begun• Program is On Schedule to Deliver VDL

Mode 2 as Planned• Industry Interoperability Testing has been

Very Successful• VDL Mode 2 ATN Capability to Deliver ATS

Messages will be Demonstrated in 2001• Aggressive Service Coverage Expansion

throughout the US will Occur Beginning in 2001