Rockwell Collins Certifies Pro Line Radios to Meet Elementary Surveillance Requirements.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CEDAR RAPIDS Cedar Rapids, city (1990 pop. 108,751), seat of Linn co., E central Iowa, on the Cedar River; inc. as a city 1856. The second largest city in Iowa, it is named for the surging rapids in the river. , Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 6, 2003 Rockwell Collins (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :COL) Pro Line radios have been certified to meet European Mode S Elementary Surveillance requirements. The supplemental type certification authorizes the installation on more than 200 different business and regional airline aircraft. Elementary Surveillance allows the active transponder A receiver/transmitter on a communications satellite. It receives a microwave signal from earth (uplink), amplifies it and retransmits it back to earth at a different frequency (downlink). A satellite has several transponders. to reply to ground-based Secondary Surveillance Radar Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) is a radar system used in air traffic control (ATC), which not only detects and measures the position of aircraft but also requests additional information from the aircraft itself such as its identity and altitude. interrogations supplying air traffic controllers with aircraft identification and altitude. The capability also allows for TCAS TCAS Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System TCAS Traffic Collision Avoidance System TCAS T-Carrier Administration System TCAS Terminal Control Address Space (MVS/TSO) TCAS Technical Control and Analysis System II interrogations from other aircraft and serves as a modem for data link, performance, navigation information and ATC ATC Air Traffic Control ATC Average Total Cost ATC Certified Athletic Trainer ATC At the Center (Hartford, Maine retreat center) ATC Applied Technology Council ATC All Things Considered transactions between the aircraft and Mode S secondary surveillance radar. This functionality includes an eight-character aircraft identification parameter, or Flight ID, corresponding to that used in radio voice communications with air traffic services. The Flight ID is entered by a control device such as a radio tuning unit, control display unit or dedicated transponder control unit. The mandate requires the carriage and operation of Mode S transponders with specific baseline functionality effective March 31, 2003, as part of the long-range plan to improve airspace capacity, safety and efficiency. Operators with existing Pro Line radio installations can meet the requirements through service bulletin upgrades to the Collins TDR-94/ -94D Mode S transponder, and RTU-4210/-4220 radio tuning unit. Operators equipped with the CTL-92 transponder control unit will need to replace their existing controller with the new CTL-92E. Rockwell Collins (NYSE:COL) is a leader in the design, production and support of communications and aviation electronics solutions for government and commercial customers worldwide. Additional information is available at www.rockwellcollins.com. |
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