Open-architecture ACARS aviation data link services with UVdatalink FlightDeck Connect for avionics - UVdatalink

FlightDeck Connect^sm is the first open-architecture ACARS aviation data link service that allows users to send and receive information in textual and graphical format to and from the cockpit flight management systems.

Compatible with multiple avionics from a variety of manufacturers, UVdatalink® FlightDeck Connect enables two-way, air-to-ground digital communications to and from the onboard display system (FMS - Flight Management System) via VHF, satellite and telephony networks. Avionics data link systems that UVdatalink can support include:

• Honeywell – CMU Mark II, ACARS MU
• Universal Avionics Systems Corp. – UniLink with Universal Avionics' UNS-series FMS
• Teledyne Controls – TeleLink on BBJ and Global Express Aircraft
• Rockwell Collins, Inc. – ProLine 21 with the CMU 4000, the DLM 900 and CMU 900
• Any other open-architecture ACARS Unit

FlightDeck Connect provides a variety of features for your avionics to enhance both active-trip and ground communications.

Active Trip (depending on the avionics installed)

• High-resolution color weather graphics (IR Satellite, significant weather, icing, turbulence, Winds and Temps Aloft, IFR/MVFR, U.S. NEXRAD Composite Radar, and Radar Tops and Movement)
• Text weather (terminal weather, Winds Aloft, Significant Meteorological Observations [SIGMETS], Pilot Reports [PIREPS])
• Flight plan recall (uplinked in the required format for Flight Managment Systems)
• Flight plan wind data (uplinked in the required format for Flight Managment Systems)
• Free text messaging from the aircraft to any fax, e-mail or wireless devices with e-mail capability
• Free text messaging to the aircraft from any computer or wireless device with Internet/e-mail capabilities
• Automatic position reporting for aircraft flight tracking on the ground
• Automatic message forwarding for aircraft flight messages (Delay Reports, Diversion Reports, ETA Reports, Position Reports, ON/OFF Reports) to any fax and/or e-mail address
• Pre-Departure Clearances
• Fully automated Oceanic Clearances with no voice read-back
• D-ATIS (Airport Terminal Information Service) and TWIP (Terminal Weather Information for Pilots) reports
• 24/7 support from our Customer Care Center

From the ground

• An Internet-based ground system; clients have their own account specific to their fleet requiring username/password access
• Access to Universal's Internet weather services
  • Worldwide METARs, TAFs, and NOTAMs
  • Passenger and preliminary weather briefings
  • Radar for composite U.S. and site radar for all major U.S. cities (updated every five minutes)
  • 24-hour customer support, with toll-free numbers within the U.S. and Europe
  • Worldwide satellite imagery and Windstar route weather briefings
  • Weather charts are customized by staff of more than 60 meteorologists
• Aircraft flight tracking worldwide, graphical or text-based, based on aircraft Position, ETA, OFF and ON reports
• Instant Messaging to the aircraft with real-time delivery status
• Access to UVflightplanner.com^sm

For more information about UVdatalink FlightDeck Connect for flight management systems, e-mail our sales department at uvdatalinksales@uvdatalink.com, or call Worldwide (713) 944-1622 ext. 3300 or N. America Toll-Free (800) 231-5600 ext. 3300.