ADS-B Certification: What Your Aircraft Needs For It To Certify

By Henry Cooper


In the aircraft industry, the term ADS-B is becoming more and more popular. Pilots used the terms but very few know what it really is. And since the term might be the most important technological change especially for pilots in the coming of decades, it is only right to give the basic understanding for them. Today we will talk about ADSB certification and the things we need to know about them.

ADS-B is a shorthand for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcasting. It is a system that includes certified position source capacity defined in section 91.227. This section discusses equipment performance requirements that are designed for safer flights in the airways.

The Section B of this article defines the 1090 MHz ES, and UAT Broadcast Links and Power requirements. The part contains all of the requirements related to the broadcasting and power of those blimp. This is to make sure that those aircraft is capable of handling the new equipment that is required.

The progress improves safety for the passengers as well as the pilots. With the full surveillance capacity, pilots can easily adjust their flight way to avoid things like bad weather and the likes. ATC will be able to respond immediately to emergencies that are happening. We cannot emphasize more the safety concerns that the latest mechanics is bringing for us.

The letter A means automatic. Automatic defines that the aircraft should be properly equipped so that it will be able to send its GPS position automatically. To explain further, these new development allows the pilots to focus to the air movement around them while the system continually sends its position to the ATC. This allows much safer flights.

Section E sets the ADS-B latency conditions. Included in this part is the number of times the plane must broadcast its position and velocity. This would ensure that position transferred by the aeroplane is updated and accurate. The part is aimed to help provide fast actions when emergency situations arise.

Next, we will have a letter S that stands for surveillance. This means that the framework is a surveillance technology that allows the Air Traffic Control (ATC) to watch the movements of the airplanes. Well, surveillance is keeping an eye on a certain target, and in our case, it is keeping our eyes on the air movement.

The last letter which is letter B stands for broadcast. This simply means that aircraft that are ADS-B enabled system broadcast their GPS location to other aircraft and the ATC. Broadcasting is simply transmitting information that other airplanes can use to compute for safer air passage. ATC also uses the information transmitted by the airliner to determine its location whenever something goes wrong.

The airplane must comply with all the standards set to maximize the effectiveness of such technology. These ADSB certification requirements are a way to assure the maximum capacity of this new technology will be achieved. This is also to ensure that no risk will be created because of an incompetent airplane since this can greatly jeopardize the lives of those passengers. As we can see, these standards are meant to protect the passengers from all possible risks that come with a substandard plane.




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