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Avionics and Aviation Communications Systems
- Reduced cost per
craft online today ,
at least 12,000 by
- Over 4,000 air-
- Increased
throughput.
2023.
MB.

cockpit/crew applications.
- Limited data streaming
- Some EFB and limited
to airline operations.
products.

merge their on-board
Cabin oriented CSPs
would be obliged to
networks with flight
incorporate AIDs to
deck avionics.
No

due to risk of link failure
safety communications
T oday , only the L-band
is approved under the
(rain fade, skew angle
The Ku- and Ka-bands
are not approved for
ARINC standards.
degradation, etc.).
No

CSPs currently use
on-board network
cations to cockpit
is not certified to
technology that
flight computers.
Cabin oriented
send communi-
Send messages Experience with Is the data link Current safety connectiv- Equipage rates "event-triggered" certified for safety and control flight ity products systems communications? deck - AOC/A TC tailored ITU-T Focus Group on Aviation Applications of Cloud Computing for Flight Data Monitoring
No

Downstream data from the flight deck Yes While unable to send commands to the flight computer , the on-board equip- ment can stream flight data off of the flight com- puters. This could then be transmit- ted off the aircraft to 3rd parties.
Data link provider Ku- and Ka-band satel- lite operators
Gogo, Pana- sonic, Global Eagle, Viasat, Global Xpress (Inmarsat)
Firms
Service provider Cabin oriented CSPs

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