Rockwell Collins Successfully Completes Flight Tests for FAA Aircraft Surveillance Information Program
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (July 10, 2002) - Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL), a global leader in aviation electronics and communications, has successfully completed flight
tests as part of the United States Federal Aviation Administration's Test and Evaluation Surveillance Information System (TESIS)
program. The tests of Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) and Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (CDTI)
for surface operations were conducted at Memphis (Tenn.) International Airport under the FAA's Safeflight 21 program.
ADS-B and CDTI form a cornerstone of the next-generation air traffic management solution commonly referred to as "Free Flight."
The FAA is evaluating the use of ADS-B as part of the National Airspace System (NAS) modernization.
The goals of the TESIS program included evaluation of prototype moving maps for airport surface situational awareness as well
as definition of product certification requirements. TESIS is the third in a series of evaluations in which Rockwell Collins
has played an active role. Data collected in these trials will aide in the development of certifiable hardware and applications
that provide operators with enhanced situational awareness, including airborne and ground operation display of traffic information.
The TESIS program evaluated Rockwell Collins' TPR-901 Mode S transponder with the ADS-B transmit, or "squitter," function
and 1090 MHz link to the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System receiver. ADS-B information from other aircraft as well
as information from ground-based Traffic Information Surveillance-Broadcast (TIS-B) station was integrated with Traffic Alert
and Collision Avoidance System sensor data and displayed on Rockwell Collins' five-inch liquid crystal multifunction display
installed in the cockpit of an FAA test aircraft. TIS-B uses multilateration sensors and surface radar to identify positions
of aircraft.
Rockwell Collins was an active participant in the FAA's Operational Evaluations held in cooperation with the Cargo Airline
Association. These evaluations, completed in Wilmington, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. in 1999 and 2000, respectively, laid the
groundwork for the TESIS program.
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