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Wed, Mar 31, 2004

Wingspeed Unveils The XLLink

Comm and Data System Designed For Business Aircraft

Wingspeed Corporation's XLLink System was unveiled Tuesday at the AEA Convention in Las Vegas. Wingspeed officials say their new low-cost, multi-mode voice and data communications system will provide business and corporate aircraft access to affordable air-ground communications and to an open network of flight information services. XLLInk is all part of Wingspeed's development of the Open Network In The Sky, where customers can integrate the cockpit and the cabin with their existing ground-based applications or select the services they want from the providers they prefer.

"Advanced, low-cost. air-ground communications will allow the industry to realize the improvements in safety, efficiency, convenience, and cost-effectiveness that are so urgently needed in the highly competitive aviation industry and our increasingly crowded skies." said Wingspeed President Jim Becker.

Wingspeed's low cost airborne equipment and Open Network In The Sky complete solution will enable business aircraft operators to:

  • Send and receive text messages between the aircraft anywhere in the world and any authorized individual with an Internet connection
  • Receive high-resolution NexRad weather radar images and many other weather and aviation information products in the cockpit.
  • Conduct high quality voice communications from anywhere in the world.
  • Globally track and report real-time aircraft position and flight data to ground-based operations centers.
  • Monitor the status of the aircraft (doors, parking brake. location etc) anywhere in the world, in flight or on the ground, or at shutdown with aircraft power off.
  • Send and receive textual email from the aircraft using almost any laptop computer. Monitor stock quotations, sports scores and other general business information.
  • Integrate ground base scheduling and operations software with forms and date displayed and filled out it the cockpit.
  • Add new applications easily that use the XLLink System to transfer data between the aircraft and ground based computers.

Wingspeed officials claim the XLLink System is a complete end-to-end solution ranging from the software running on the device in the cockpit, via the communications link, to the software running the ground portion of the application. XLLink is comprised of four major elements:

Avionics Components-The XLLink Aircraft Communications Unit (ACII) is a multimode box that includes ACARS and Iridium modems, transceivers and controllers, a GPS receiver, as well as a seven port Ethernet hub, 12 discreet inputs and 4 discreet outputs allowing for growth and flexibility in the system. In the cockpit, the XLLink Computer Display Unit (CDII) software runs on Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) or MFDs turning them into a data communications terminal.

The ARINC AGARS Network- The AGARS Network consists of over 350 high-speed, ground-based communication towers and serves over 7,000 commercial aircraft.

The Iridium Satellite Network - The 66 LEO Iridium satellite constellation managed by Boeing delivers continuous communications coverage from anywhere on Earth, including across the oceans and over the Poles.

Ground-Based Infrastructure - The Wingspeed ground-based systems maximizes efficiency by enabling heavy computational processing and data analysis to be completed on the ground and transmitting the results via the XLLink network to the aircraft.

Open Network of Service and Information Providers - Wingspeed is partnering with the premier vendors of flight information and services. With the Open Network in the Sky, customers can integrate with their existing ground-based applications or choose the services they want from the providers they prefer.

Wingspeed's launch customer will be installing XLLink in 40 of its commercial jets in Q2, 2004. Voice capability through the Iridium Satellite Network will be available in Q3, 2004

FMI: www.wingspeedcorp.com

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