ACSS Readies ADS-B Software

摘要

Avionics engineers here are perfecting software that UPS will need to become the first U.S. airline to use ADS-B to streamline arrivals and surface operations at a hub airport. The SafeRoute software is being developed by Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), which is designing it to display data on Astronautics Corp. Class 3 electronic flight bag systems. The EFBs will be installed on more than 100 UPS 757s and 767s. These displays will then be used to show pilots the two new ADS-B applications of SafeRoute—merging and spacing procedures for arrivals into the terminal area, and surface area movement management (SAMM) for more efficient and safer ground operations at UPS's WorldPort hub at Louisville (Ky.) International Airport.