Honeywell Gains FAA Certificate for Euro-Compliant Transponder
As the show began, Honeywell announced it has been granted Federal
Aviation Authority approval for its TRA-67A Mode S transponder,
which meets new European requirements for additional aircraft surveillance
capabilities being coordinated by Eurocontrol. "The increasingly
congested airspace has resulted in new regulations to enhance air
traffic surveillance data integrity and provide the means to increase
air traffic management efficiency, with the additional benefit of
improved safety," said Frank Daly, president, Air Transport
Systems. Certification programs are under way at both Airbus and
Boeing, and modification kits will be available to permit the transponders
to meet what Eurocontrol officially calls Elementary and Enhanced
Surveillance, as well as Automatic Dependent SurveillanceBroadcast
(ADSB) datalink requirements. The latter, now undergoing pilot
programs, will enhance traffic surveillance by enabling each aircraft
to broadcast position information from its GPS.
