Testimonials

Airtel ATN was easily able to integrate its AGDLS with our existing Air Traffic Control systems thanks to the flexible architecture. Customisation and implementation was complete in a very short timeframe.

Site acceptance testing with the Airtel ATN Router was successfully performed in December 2014. We are now ready for the implementation of CPDLC in 2015

The ability to ‘shadow’ live operations to this degree provides us with much more authentic data for both validation and training purposes. Furthermore students on the training platform will be able to perform simulated CPDLC exchanges while partly shadowing operations on the online system, making the training much more effective.

We also use this system as part of our operational validations. The GVS simulates traffic from one or many aircraft so that Controllers can exchange simulated CPDLC messages based on authentic data. This significantly improves the quality of our validation of CPDLC functionality in future COOPANS releases.

We started the Data Link project on the pioneer phase of the EUROCONTROL Link2000+ programme. We reached an important milestone for the provision of FANS and ATN data link services in Lisbon FIR with the now successfully tested Data Link Server dual stack solution.

We make extensive use of the Airtel-ATN protocol decoder (PDEC), a very powerful ATN decoding software. Thanks to its decoding capabilities, PDEC has opened the door to a full understanding of the complex ATN stacks, as it decrypts in detail CM, CPDLC v1 and v2, ADS-C, and IDRP protocols.

Airtel ATN’s test services identified a number of problems with our Data Link implementation which we could resolve quickly. I would recommend Airtel ATN’s Test Equipment and Services to any ANSP.

The IAA is committed to safety, and is one of the pioneers in the commissioning of FANS-1/A in continental airspace. IAA needed to ensure validation was done effectively and efficiently. Airtel ATN was instrumental in helping us validate our system to ensure it was working in line with the directives.

The MTP provides us with great flexibility. We can test Data Link anywhere the plane is including the aircraft hangar. It also has the added benefit of acting as either an aircraft or a Data Link ground station.

Airtel ATN’s test equipment is portable and will be used to test the signal strength at VDL ground stations. It will also be used to test network components and check the connection to the communications service provider networks.

I found Airtel's portable test equipment, the MTP, easy to use for ATN CPDLC certification requirements on our and clients’ aircraft. It also works great for the “Hands on Pilot Training” we provide. The fact that it is compact means that I can also offer ATN CPDLC training services to pilots at their home base which means their initial ATN CPDLC experience isn’t on their first trip into European airspace.

“We have complete trust in Airtel. Their Datalink products support us in delivering a proven fail-safe CPDLC service in Malta airspace. Their consistent reliability and expertise have been invaluable to us”