Building On Experience With JPALS

Demonstrating cutting-edge experience in satellite navigation dating back half a decade, ARINC Engineering Services, LLC will join the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) next week in exhibiting recent developments in SATNAV for unmanned vehicle operations at Farnborough International 2004.

ARINC will share exhibit stand C-7, Hall 1, with AUVSI at Farnborough, the world's premier aerospace event, taking place July 19-25.

ARINC Engineering Services develops both commercial and military applications of SATNAV technologies, and will exhibit video of recent satellite-guided, automated aircraft landings and flight tests conducted under adverse electromagnetic environments. The technology shows great promise for civilian aviation applications, including positive aircraft control for taxi, takeoff, and landing, flying in terminal airspace, and monitoring.

"Our extensive JPALS work for the Department of Defense has put ARINC in a unique position to lead future development of SATNAV applications for the commercial sector," stated Jim Flanders, Senior Director, Aviation Systems Engineering, ARINC Engineering Services. "No matter what satellite navigation system the solution is based on, ARINC has the engineering depth to make these programs work."

ARINC is currently managing two JPALS automated landing programs for the US Navy and Air Force. These proof-of-concept programs have achieved exceptional accuracy, yielding dozens of successful proof-of-concept landings both ashore and at sea. Ten fully automated landings took place on an aircraft carrier at sea in 2001.

"ARINC's solutions are proven in the world's most demanding unmanned environment-the automated landing of aircraft on the moving deck of an aircraft carrier," continued Flanders. "The benefits of this level of capability for commercial aviation, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles for global exploration, search-and-rescue, and reconnaissance are just beginning to be tapped."

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