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Rockwell Collins’ ARINC MultiLinkSM

Global Flight Tracking Service

London - 14th April 2016


Background

• This Royal Aeronautical Society Symposium that we are all supporting is perfect evidence of the high level of attention that Flight Tracking is now getting across the Global Aviation Industry.

• In May 2014, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) convened a special multidisciplinary meeting regarding global flight tracking (MMGFT)

– Recommended the development of a concept of operations on aircraft tracking – high level requirements/objectives for a Global Aeronautical Distress and Safety Systems (GADSS).

– “… a flight tracking concept of operations covering how the new tracking data gets shared, with whom, and under what circumstances” 1.

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Background• June-October 2014, the International Air Transport Association

(IATA)

– Conducted an initiative to closely examine global flight tracking –Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF)– “to identify the best near term options and develop performance based recommendations for global flight tracking” 2 using existing coverage, practices and technologies.. In essence, use what is available today.

• In February 2015, ICAO held the Second High-Level Safety Conference 2015

• December 2015; European Commission adopts new rules on aircraft tracking

– Details of these are covered by my Seminar colleague from EASA

• During these Industry Developments RC was able to bring together existing elements to provide an effective solution.

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Rockwell Collins Solution

• Rockwell Collins’ ARINC MultiLinkSM Flight Tracking Service –

– Provides an airline the ability to track their aircraft anywhere in the world.

– Tracking uses multiple data sources:

• ADS-B (ground-based sensors)

• ADS-C: Inmarsat, Iridium, HFDL

• U.S. Traffic Flow Management (TFM) Radar Data (US operations)

• EUROCONTROL position information

• ACARS position reports

• HFDL network performance data (includes latitude, longitude, and time)

– Aircraft position information is displayed, or delivered as a data feed.

• Offered as part of a complete datalink/ACARS package with Hermes and OpCenter

• Can be streamed to a carrier’s own situational display solution

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MultiLink

MultiLink• Multiple feeds provide accurate, global

coverage giving airline’s a trusted and real-time fleet status even in remote regions

• Aircraft position reporting times can be customised to meet both CAA and operational requirements

• Alerting options to quickly identify any potential issues with an aircraft’s status i.e. flight plan alteration, no comms & disabled media

• All available position data will be streamed

• Accurate tracking solution can save an airline money on datalink messages by not needing to send positioning data


The Rockwell Collins Flight Tracking Solution

HFDL System Data

Feed ServerIngest Engine

Data is ingested

Harmonized into

standard format

Flight identifying

data added

Direct Feed To Airline’s situational display

WebASD/OpCenter

WebMapper/Hermes

Current Data Sources

ADS-B

ADS-C

TFM

EUROCONTROL

ACARS POS

Customer Filter

Customer is only

able to see their

aircraft

Data Validation

Suspect data is

flagged/removed


Capability Demonstration

• The following are images of individual data feeds over a 24 hour period:

– ADS-C (selected carriers)

• Periodic reports

• Event reports

– Waypoint change event

– Level range deviation event

– Lateral deviation event

– Vertical rate change event

– ADS-B

– ANSP Radar Data (a.k.a. US TFM data)

– EUROCONTROL

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ADS-C Data (Selected Carriers)

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ADS-B Data (all available carriers)

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ANSP Radar Data (all US operations)

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EUROCONTROL (all available carriers)

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• The next image shows the combination of all data readily available to industry, each for a 24 hour period:


– ADS-B (all available carriers)

– ANSP Radar Data (US operations)

– EUROCONTROL (all available carriers)

– ACARS Position Reports (selected carriers)

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Industry Data

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ADS-C ADS-B TFM ACARSEUROCONTROL



• The FINAL image shows the combination of all readily available industry data, each for a 24 hour period, PLUS…:


– ADS-B (all available carriers)

– ANSP Radar Data (US operations)

– ACARS Position Reports (for a small number of carriers)

– Including HFDL Performance Positional Data

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ADS-C ADS-B HFDL Perf. Rpt.TFM ACARSEUROCONTROL


Example: Johannesburg – São Paulo

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ADS-C ADS-B HFDL Perf. Rpt.TFM ACARS

This flight demonstrates the use of 4 different data feeds to achieve a high frequency set of position reports.


Global HF Datalink – Worldwide 15 Station Coverage


Alerting Options

• Rockwell Collins has engineered unique alerting options to quickly identify any potential issues with an aircraft’s status

– Silent / mute aircraft: Based on a 15-minute timer (which is configurable), an airline will receive a notification when an aircraft has not communicated its position

– Notifications will continue every two minutes until communications are established

– Flight plan deviation: Alert can be set up for deviation against actual flight plan

• Requires no new aircraft hardware or software configurations

• Leverages existing on-board communications capability


Flight tracking interface


Questions?

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