News January 2010 Delivery of 50th Flight Inspection Information Display (CID) which presents the System AeroFIS installed in a King flight inspection profile and the way to intercept this profile. Cockpit Information Display and Air 350 Aircraft autopilot coupling improve crew coordination On November 27th, ahead of schedule, Aero- and reduce workload in the flight inspection data has handed over the 50th Flight Inspec- aircraft compared with a conventional installa- tion System AeroFIS® to SMATSA (Serbia and tion. Both the CID and the autopilot coupling Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency Ltd., are unique elements of Aerodata´s flight in- Serbia). This marks a very important mile- spection aircraft solutions. stone for Aerodata’s flight inspection activities and demonstrates again Aerodata’s leadership in this market..

AeroFIS Operator Work Station installed in SMATSA King Air 350 Aircraft After the ferry of the completed flight inspection aircraft from Braunschweig to Belgrade, the title to the aircraft was transferred to SMATSA. In the meantime, SMATSA has commenced to operate the new flight inspection aircraft. In 2009, Hawker Beechcraft has approved Aerodata AG as Authorized Service Center for all King Air products. This enables Aerodata to act as the single point of contact for the han- dling of warranty and maintenance matters for Handover Ceremony of 50th AeroFIS the aircraft and the flight inspection equipment. The Serbian customer has also contracted As prime contractor Aerodata was responsible Aerodata to perform maintenance work on the for the procurement of the new flight inspection completed flight inspection aircraft. aircraft type Beech KingAir B300, development and production of the new flight inspection system AeroFIS and integration of the fully TRACE Membership automatic flight inspection system into the Recently, Aerodata AG has passed success- factory new Super KingAir 350. Further, Aero- fully the background review by TRACE Interna- data has performed pilot and operator training, tional. ferry flights and has also delivered aircraft spares and ground support equipment (GSE). This confirms that Aerodata AG has imple- mented a Business Code of Conduct which The aircraft modification has been designed in ensures that Aerodata employees do not vio- Aerodata’s Design Organisation and has re- late laws, and avoid bribery and kickback. ceived a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency NATO Exercise BELCOAST09 (EASA). The aircraft modification includes an interface from the Flight Inspection System to On the occasion of the BELCOAST09 NATO the aircraft autopilot system. This enables the exercise the allied forces trained different ex- pilot to select the AeroFIS for precise steering ercises for defense against terrorist attacks, of the aircraft along all flight inspection profiles. e.g. attacks by small airplanes and UAV’s, In addition, pilots are supported by a Cockpit attacks by armed vehicles and armed groups

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AeroPhone Cockpit Dial Panel AeroPhone®+ will provide a number of addi- Aerodata demonstration at BELCOAST09 tional features while retaining all AeroPhone® The professional organisation of the scenarios capabilities; e.g. the direct interfacing to the realized by the Belgian Defense Forces helicopter or aircraft intercom system. Aero- ® enabled the leading manu- Phone + will be available facturers of the international as dual channel version defense industry to demon- AeroExpo 2010 and is also prepared to strate their capabilities in work as data communi- terms of detection, data- Aerodata will exhibit at AeroExpo in cation system in an transmission and reporting Marrakesh, Morocco, from Jan. 27– Aeronautical Tele- of the scenarios. 30, 2010. Please visit our stand D-36. communication Network (ATN) environment as Embedded in a cluster of Singapore 2010 required by Eurocontrol other high technology man- from February 2015. Aerodata will exhibit at Singapore Air ® ufacturer’s, Aerodata dem- AeroPhone + will be Show, Singapore, from February 2-7, onstrated its fully integrated certified in accordance 2010. Please visit our booth J81. mission management sys- with the new ETSO tem AeroMission for detec- 2C514. Since Aero- tion, recording and trans- FIDAE 2010 Phone®+ will have a mission of data, registered Aerodata will exhibit at FIDAE, Santiago substantial fixed wing by helicopters orbiting over aircraft market, initial the scenario. German Fed- de Chile, from March 23-28,2010. Please visit us in Hall E, booth e61. installations as required eral Police provided an EC for equipment certifica- 155 helicopter equipped tion will be performed with AeroMission for the both on normal category and large aeroplanes NATO exercise. (Part 23 and Part 25). The audience was impressed by the real-time transmission of optical and infrared videos, Exhibitions 2010 position reporting and message transmission between ground station and helicopter. Posi- Shephard’s SAR 2010 Conference and Exhibi- tion reporting and message transmissions tion; April 21 – 22, 2010, Aberdeen, Scotland. were accomplished through AeroPhone, Aero- ILA Air Show; June 8 - 13, 2010; Berlin, data’s Iridium satellite phone. . 16th International Flight Inspection Symposium; AeroPhone+ June 21 – 25, 2010; Beijing, China. Aerodata has commenced the development of a new Iridium satellite phone, which will re- ® Contact place the current AeroPhone from Q3/2010. Key AeroPhone® customers are helicopter fleet Aerodata AG, Hermann-Blenk-Strasse 34 - 36, operators using AeroPhone for voice and data 38108 Braunschweig, Germany communication as well as for fleet tracking phone +49 531 2359 0, fax +49 531 2359 158 applications. AeroPhone® consists of 3 com- email: [email protected] ponents, a satellite transceiver unit, cockpit dial web: www.aerodata.de

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