France and California | June 19, 2017–SITAONAIR and Teledyne Controls are joining forces to deliver the aviation industry’s first-ever airline-integrated ACARS datalink terrestrial cellular service.

This new partnership – announced today between SITAONAIR, the airline datalink communications world-leaders, and avionics manufacturer Teledyne Controls – represents an important evolution in airline and aircraft communications.

Datalink services are chiefly provided using VHF/VDL radio frequencies and satellites to transmit data messages, communicating vital real-time aircraft status, health and position updates between an aircraft and its airline’s flight operations.

By using Teledyne Controls’ GroundLink® Comm+ system, SITAONAIR is able to integrate terrestrial cellular services into its core datalink network, giving airlines the flexibility of another transmission channel for aircraft communications, bringing multiple benefits.

This is the first-ever option of its kind in the aircraft communications market and benefits to airlines of enabling the datalink service over 3G/4G include:

• Providing increased capacity for message transmission with levels of service, support and proactive monitoring that airlines have come to expect
• Relieving traditional datalink networks in congested airports
• Delivering the service through consistent interfaces and integrating the datalink infrastructure for seamless service delivery across networks
• Supplementing VHF datalink ground coverage in sparse areas.

Dominique El Bez, SITAONAIR’s Vice President of Strategy, says: “We are very pleased to formalize our relationship with Teledyne Controls to deliver our unique-to-market, datalink-over-cellular solution to the air transport industry.

“SITAONAIR is focused on leading the industry in evolving aircraft communications services, and this is the first step of several we are taking to bring new IP networks to aircraft for operational communications. Our vision is to deeply integrate available technology to ensure seamless interoperability between new and current networks. Fundamentally, our industry needs to know that these services, which provide critical communications, do the job, and this is the guarantee SITAONAIR delivers as a dedicated airline partner.

“The unique capabilities of our organizations, and willingness to drive innovation in the aircraft communications sphere, will bring significant benefits to both SITAONAIR and Teledyne customers and the broader aviation community.”

Marshall Dormire, Vice President of Business Development & Strategy of Teledyne Controls, adds: “We are thrilled to join forces with SITAONAIR to deliver this new datalink service. Customers have been very interested to extend datalink functionality to Teledyne’s versatile GroundLink® Comm+ system. It is now easy to quickly and securely transfer datalink data over 3G/4G wireless cellular networks worldwide.

“The GroundLink® Comm+ system automates the wireless distribution of navigation databases and Software Parts, provides data interfaces for cockpit Electronic Flight Bags, and now provides datalink over terrestrial cellular IP, all while systematically collecting recorded flight data from the airline’s fleet and delivering it to the airline.”

Englewood, CO | May 2, 2017– Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, has teamed with Teledyne Controls to integrate Jeppesen FliteDeck Pro with Teledyne’s GroundLink® Comm+ system with Aircraft Interface Device (AID) functionality, known as GroundLink® AID+. This will deliver greater data connectivity for carriers using FliteDeck Pro, the leading electronic flight bag (EFB) solution for airlines and large-scale operators.

“Advances gained through use of Teledyne’s GroundLink® AID+ technology will continue the wave of new capabilities delivered through FliteDeck Pro to help operators access and process critical flight data,” said Scott Reagan, director, Jeppesen OEM Client Management. “Based on strong customer demand for this capability, we are pleased to team with Teledyne Controls to connect FliteDeck Pro with additional data sources, creating more intelligent capabilities on the ground and in the air.”

GroundLink® AID+ technology from Teledyne will allow airlines to view real-time GPS-based, ownship positioning on navigational charts to increase situational awareness in flight. Specifically, this alliance between Jeppesen and Teledyne allows airport charts, departure charts, enroute and weather maps and arrival charts in FliteDeck Pro to be quickly and easily integrated with data from the aircraft’s existing onboard data systems to help enable the pilot to make better informed decisions to increase operational efficiency and improve safety margins.

Murray Skelton, director of Business Development at Teledyne Controls, notes that the technical integration has been easy and cost-effective: “With approximately 10,000 GroundLink® units already flying, it is an easy transition for those with the technology already installed. It not only protects their legacy investment but it also enables them to make even more of it. It means that every future customer with the GroundLink® Comm+ system installed can gain instant benefit.”

The integrated solution will be demonstrated at the AEEC/AMC Conference in Milwaukee, WI (May 1–4).

Connectivity provides the pilot with access to the EFB at all times. Pre-flight, pilots can update their EFB database, review maintenance logs, Minimum Equipment Lists (MELs), flight release and notices to airmen (NOTAMs). During the ramp/taxi, they can calculate take-off performance and complete their checklist. During the flight, they can log flight progress and review enroute, arrivals and approach charts. After the flight, they can file the pilot log and send performance calculations off-board.

• Connecting innovative navigation App with onboard data to facilitate better operational decisions
• Solution makes maximum use of Aircraft Interface Device (AID) capable systems already installed

El Segundo, CA | May 19, 2016– Teledyne Controls and Lufthansa Systems are collaborating to integrate the latter’s Lido/eRouteManual navigation application with Teledyne’s GroundLink® Comm+ system with AID functionality (GroundLink® AID+) to bring further information more usefully into the cockpit.

The project, driven by customer demand, allows ground charts, departure charts, en-route maps, arrival charts and airport facility charts to be quickly and easily integrated with the aircraft’s existing onboard data systems to enable the pilot to make better informed decisions to improve operational efficiency both on the ground and in the air.

Situational awareness, whether at an airport or inflight, is of course critical; being able to combine that information with other essential flight data brings a further level of control, according to Lufthansa Systems Director Products Lido/Navigation, Igor Dimnik: “As a stand-alone product, our Lido/eRouteManual navigation gives pilots all of the navigation information they need at a glance,” he explains.

“The real benefit, however, comes from connecting our Lido/eRouteManual with other data sources; the more connected we can make it, the more intelligent it becomes, and this is now possible thanks to our work with Teledyne Controls.”

Mr. Dimnik says that the integration process has been very easy: “Typically in such collaborations there would be many cycles of product development and long periods of testing,” he continues. “In this case, however, from initial thought to implementation was a matter of days. The integration was not only quick and easy, it was also achieved at a mere fraction of the cost than might ordinarily have been expected.”

Murray Skelton, Director of Business Development at Teledyne Controls, says that with more than 8,300 GroundLink® units already flying, it is an easy transition for those with the technology already installed: “It not only protects their legacy investment but it also enables them to make even more of it,” he explains. “It means that every future customer with the GroundLink® Comm+ system installed can gain instant benefit.”

As expected, the recent events in Malaysia have brought about a lot of connectivity solutions and we have been inundated with them. In the spirit of airline support for these initiatives, we bring a couple of them your way.

The tragic disappearance of flight MH370 is still very present in all of our minds. In an initiative to improve the handling of similar situations in the future the United Nations’ ITU (International Telecommunication Union) and the Government of Malaysia hosed an expert dialogue on May 26-27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Panasonic Avionics was invited to participate in this event, contribute to their technical expertise, and present FlightLinkTM, a fully integrated aircraft communication, tracking and weather information solution. FlightLink has been provided free of charge to airlines from its launch in 2004. It offers Iridium Communications for cockpit voice, text and operational data as well as real-time fleet monitoring and simultaneously tracks all Panasonic equipped aircraft – 24/7/365 around the globe. Aircraft tracking services range from positioning reporting at no more than 5-minute intervals to live flight data streaming. Additionally, Panasonic Weather Solutions delivers real-time weather analytics and fleet monitoring by communicating data from TAMDAR weather sensors installed on over 300 aircraft. This is the only global satellite network dedicated to aeronautical connectivity, and with it, Panasonic enables passengers, crew and aircrafts to stay in touch with the ground throughout their flights. FMI contact brian.bardwell@panasonic.com

Along the same lines as the above story, we got an input this week from Teledyne Controls that caught our eye.

Speaking at the Expert Dialogue on Real-time Monitoring of Flight Data in Malaysia on Monday 26th May, William Cecil, Director of Business Development of Teledyne Controls presented a case for providing virtually unlimited real time flight data monitoring by using existing aircraft systems and better ‘connecting the dots’: “It could be very quickly possible to enable black box data streaming in flight for many existing aircraft without installing any new technology,” he says. “By simply connecting a broadband flight data IP router on board with the broadband satcom systems that airlines are increasingly installing for the primary purpose of Internet access for passengers, we believe this is possible, and are planning to work with partner airlines and OEMs to prove this concept.”Broadband flight data IP router capability already exists on an increasing number of aircraft. Teledyne Controls’ own Wireless GroundLink® (WGL Comm+) unit that has this routing capability is being rapidly adopted by airlines to improve post flight analysis for flight safety. By way of context, Wireless GroundLink® systems are currently being installed on over two thirds of new delivery Airbus A330 and A380, and Boeing 747-8 and 777 aircraft and this adoption rate is increasing. “Connecting WGL Comm+ units to broadband satcom systems will enable airlines to realise real time flight data monitoring in a very short space of time,” adds Mr. Masood Hassan, President of Teledyne Controls, “and in doing so will resolve one of the last major headaches that airlines face – understanding the causes of an aviation emergency within moments of an event taking place.”

In another tracking endeavor, the improved SD Flight Tracker now has integrated position reports generated by Swift Broadband and features richer mapping capability using Google Maps. Satcom Direct’s Flight Tracker is a state-of-the-art global mapping solution that graphically displays precise fleet coordinates. Its ability to track aircraft globally has been enhanced with an additional source of position data. Satcom Direct has exclusive access to this data from Inmarsat and blends it with position data received from other sources including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), NavCanada and Satcom Direct’s own FlightDeck Freedom datalink to provide the most comprehensive flight tracking service available. “SwiftBroadband is updated every two minutes as compared to other sources. For some aircraft, this may be their only reliable source of position data. It allows our customers to track their aircraft worldwide and ensure they know its status at all times,” said Scott Hamilton, Satcom Direct chief strategy officer. “SwiftBroadband position reports are available globally whereas some sources, including the FAA and NavCanada, are only available regionally.” SD Flight Tracker also has been upgraded to use Google Maps which provides advanced mapping capabilities including street level maps which are useful for helicopter tracking. The SD Flight Tracker enhancements provide for a fast and intuitive user interface, and it can now be accessed on any mobile device. Previously, it was only available on PCs. Follow the link for more information regarding Satcom Direct.

You might have not heard about the IFEC.2014, but if not, here’s the story: More than ten local airlines from China have confirmed their participation at the 7th China IFEC Summit. The airlines confirmed are: Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, JuneYao Airlines, Lucky Air, Beijing Capital Airlines, Shandong Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines and etc. Based on your cutting edge technology, new innovations and professional experience in in-flight entertainment and connectivity, can you help these airlines solve the following problems? How innovative inflight services improve a passengers’ experience?

• How can airlines simplify the pricing models for in-flight connectivity?
• How to secure the data for inflight media streaming?
• How can airlines use in-flight media for marketing purposes?
• How can you provide IFEC services that run on passengers’ mobile devices?

You can join the China IFEC Summit 2014 here.

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: ENT) announced today that it has been selected by Indonesia’s flag carrier, Garuda Indonesia, to provide inflight entertainment (IFE) content to its passengers. Global Eagle will provide Garuda Indonesia with movies from studios in Hollywood, the Middle East, Europe and Asia. In addition, the content package will feature television programming, music, streaming radio, games and original productions that include destination films, safety films and entertainment guides. Content will be provided via the audio video on-demand (AVOD) seat-back systems on their wide-bodied aircraft.

We got a note from John Courtright who makes some good points about US taxation of frequent flier miles. He wrote: “I know the link below does not have a “clean” IFE or air-to-ground (ATG) reference but I bet many of your IFExpress readers would like to know that the IRS is looking to tax your frequent flyer miles as income. How would taxing frequent flyer miles affect airline choice? The IFEC industry bases most, if not all, of its value equation on the premise that the better, more up-to-date IFEC experience is a major contributing factor to a passenger buy decisions and passenger loyalty. But studies have shown that flyers first select an airline on a.) price and b.) schedule, and then other factors such as loyalty programs and the perception of better IFEC service come in further down the selection criteria list. If the IRS is successful in getting airline miles taxed, will this make IFEC an even more important factor in carrier selection? I think that’s a very good question? My opinion: I think IFEC’s importance will rise if miles are taxed. But I’d like to see an economic sensitivity model on this topic.” (IRS Sets Sights on Frequent Flyer Miles, Hotel Points)

Lastly, perhaps you read about Boeing’s Chief Exec, James McNerneys comments in the Seattle Times on next-gen planes. Having worked there in the past we were a bit surprised at this step-back from the problems at hand: “Boeing chief executive Jim McNerney said Wednesday the jetmaker won’t shoot for the moon in the foreseeable future by launching risky, game-changing new airplanes like the 707 in the 1950s or the 787 Dreamliner 10 years ago.” Meaning the B787 was a little too advanced for the existing engineering and manufacturing expertise there? The article went on – “All of us have gotten religion,” said McNerney, speaking to Wall Street analysts at the annual investor conference in the Fairmont Olympic hotel in Seattle. “Every 25 years a big moonshot … and then produce a 707 or a 787 — that’s the wrong way to pursue this business. The more-for-less world will not let you pursue moonshots.” After pointing out the above logic (or mis-logic) reader, Bob Bogash, wrote us, “I wonder what Mr. McNerney thinks of the stuff Apple has popped on the world the past 10 years or so?” (Meaning products like the iPod, the iPad, the iPhone, just to name a few.) He went on; “Bill Allen and all the great Boeing pioneers must be spinning in their graves.”

• Teldeyne Controls’ expert says airlines need to ‘connect the dots’ of technology already installed

El Segundo, CA | May 23, 2014– A Leading aircraft data communications business says that streaming black box data using existing avionics could shortly become a reality – removing the mysteries and miseries that often follow an aviation tragedy.

Speaking at the Expert Dialogue on Real-time Monitoring of Flight Data in Malaysia on Monday 26th May, William Cecil, Director of Business Development of Teledyne Controls will present a case for providing virtually unlimited real time flight data monitoring by using existing aircraft systems and better ‘connecting the dots’:

“It could be very quickly possible to enable black box data streaming in flight for many existing aircraft without installing any new technology,” he says.

“By simply connecting a broadband flight data IP router on board with the broadband satcom systems that airlines are increasingly installing for the primary purpose of Internet access for passengers, we believe this is possible, and are planning to work with partner airlines and OEMs to prove this concept.”

Broadband flight data IP router capability already exists on an increasing number of aircraft. Teledyne Controls’ own Wireless GroundLink® (WGL Comm+™) unit that has this routing capability is being rapidly adopted by airlines to improve post flight analysis for flight safety. By way of context, Wireless GroundLink® systems are currently being installed on over two thirds of new delivery Airbus A330 and A380, and Boeing 747-8 and 777 aircraft and this adoption rate is increasing.

“Connecting WGL Comm+ units to broadband satcom systems will enable airlines to realise real time flight data monitoring in a very short space of time,” adds Mr. Masood Hassan, President of Teledyne Controls, “and in doing so will resolve one of the last major headaches that airlines face – understanding the causes of an aviation emergency within moments of an event taking place.”

Teledyne Controls has been providing real time airborne Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) since the 1960s, and post-flight FDM since the early 1990s before the practice was mandated by ICAO. In 2001 it worked with NASA to demonstrate transmission of black box data over ACARS ATN (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System/Aeronautical Telecommunications Network). In the same year Teledyne Controls and Airbus launched the joint development of the powerful FDM system AirFASE which is now used by more than 150 airlines to improve flight safety and reduce operational risk for operators of all aircraft types.

• New WGL-AID Connects Crew Tablets With Onboard Avionics Suite

El Segundo, CA | May 20, 2014– A new technology that connects commercial tablets and crew devices used in the cockpit with an aircraft’s existing onboard data communication systems to significantly enhance the management and the exchange of information between the aircraft and the ground has been launched by Teledyne Controls.

WGL-AID™, an extension of Teledyne’s existing Wireless GroundLink® System (WGL Comm+™) will enable airlines to connect these tablets to the WGL Comm+ unit, which is typically used as a Wireless Quick Access Recorder (WQAR), for the purpose of achieving off-aircraft communication and access to aircraft avionics data as well as interface with aircraft ACARS systems and cockpit printers.

The move comes as an increasing number of airlines look to equip their flight crew with either Windows-based tablets or Apple iPads for use as Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), and supply the maintenance and ground crews with devices for use as Electronic Technical Logs (eTechLog).

Murray Skelton, Director of Business Development at Teledyne Controls, says that WGL-AID™ enables commercial tablets to be fully utilised to resolve flight deck and cabin crew information challenges: “The technology not only helps to co-ordinate and manage information across tablets, but it also provides on-aircraft data storage, eliminates manual data entry errors, and provides internet access while on the ground,” he says.

The WGL-AID™ concept involves several individual functions as follows:

• Router™ – provides off-aircraft IP (Internet Protocol) network access to applications hosted on external crew devices (e.g. EFB) by means of the internal cellular telephone modems contained with the WGL-Comm+™ unit. The function is active while the aircraft is on the ground.

• ADIF (Aircraft Data Interface Function) – parameter service providing external device (EFB) applications with aircraft parameters available via ARINC 429 buses, ARINC 717 (ACMS or Mandatory) buses and/or ground/open discretes. The ADIF function eliminates the need for re-entry of many parameters into EFB applications that may have already been entered via the MCDU or through FMS uploads.

• DataStore – Exposing ‘aircraft attached storage’ to applications such as Electronic Log Books thus providing a means to retain data entries on-board the aircraft after portable devices issued to crew leave the aircraft following flights.

• ACARS Proxy – Utilizing the cabin terminal port[s] of the Aircraft’s existing CMU or ATSU for EFB applications to send and receive non-critical AOC (Aeronautical Operational Control) ACARS messages over the traditional ACARS links from/to EFB or CFB (Crew Flight Bag) devices.

• Print Server – Connecting the EFB to the cockpit printer (textual or graphical) for printing content from applications such as ELB (Electronic Log Book) or a TechPubs application as a hardcopy in tangible form, e.g. to provide means of assurance to crew members that messages or instructions to gate crew members are not forgotten or transcribed incorrectly.

The WGL-AID™ function extends the investment airlines have already made in the WGL Comm+™ provisions and hardware for use in applications such as automated wireless Flight Data download and wireless distribution of software parts across the fleet. Enabling the WGL-AID function is very easy as it only requires a software upgrade to the WGL Comm+ Unit.

El Segundo, CA | May 20, 2014– Germanwings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines, has chosen the latest wireless solution for electronic Software Part distribution and loading from Teledyne Controls, the aircraft data and information management business, to retrofit on the operator’s fleet of 64 Airbus A320 aircraft.

Germanwings is the first operator to certify and install Teledyne’s Wireless Software Parts Distribution System on an Airbus A320 fleet.

The package selected includes Teledyne’s LoadStar® Server Enterprise (LSE) software application, enhanced Airborne Data Loader (eADL) unit and new Wireless GroundLink® Comm+ (WGL Comm+™) system that supersedes the original Teledyne WGL technology that Germanwings used for flight data retrieval.

With this solution, Germanwings electronically records its flight data and wirelessly transfers it, via the WGL Comm+™ system, from the aircraft to the ground, within minutes of landing, and from any of its airport hubs in Germany. In addition, Germanwings wirelessly distributes Software Parts directly from its ground station’s software configuration system, LSE, through the WGL Comm+ system to the eADL for loading into onboard systems.

The use of electronic Software Part distribution eliminates the need to manually carry and load hundreds of floppy disks onto the aircraft, saving time and manpower and reducing overall costs.

Hajo Heyen of Germanwings, Analyst Engineering-Avionik (Certifying Staff CAT B1/B2/C) says that the operator has been quick to realize the high value that Teledyne’s system provides: “The connectivity between our ground and onboard networking systems will allow us to streamline our crew workload through wireless data transfer by automating flight data download and Software Part upload,” he says.

Gerrit Neubauer of Germanwings, System Engineer – Maintenance Safety Officer agrees: “It will relieve the labour-intensive task of manually loading floppy disk software every month,” he adds.

Hans-Juergen Neufert, Regional Sales Director of Teledyne Controls, says that it has been a pleasure to work with the Germanwings team: “We look forward to supporting Germanwings’ needs as their flight data management program expands,” he says.

“Our system provides Germanwings Airlines with direct access to their fleet anywhere they fly and simplifies their flight data processes with wireless connectivity via the LSE Gateway and network.”

Teledyne Controls announced last year that its Wireless GroundLink® Comm+ system had achieved certification to be retrofitted on all major commercial aircraft types. It now supports additional applications that require more bandwidth. These include a new WGL-Fi™ capability providing content transfer and data communication over an onboard wireless hotspot for WiFi enabled EFBs, iPads, tablets and other Flight Operations computers, and the WGL-AID™ Aircraft Interface Device application that can provide EFBs, iPads and tablets with access to aircraft parameter data.

Germanwings will trial both WGL-Fi™ and WGL-AID™ in the second quarter of this year.

An enhanced version of Teledyne’s popular WQAR technology, which has been in commercial service for over a decade, the WGL Comm+™ system provides aircraft manufacturers, systems integrators and aircraft operators with a robust and dependable solution to wirelessly connect aircraft equipment with operators’ back office systems. The technology, featuring multiple channels of cellular high-speed data, requires no infrastructure investment and delivers efficiency improvements for numerous applications that can benefit from aircraft data connectivity when the aircraft is on the ground.

El Segundo, CA | November 20, 2013–  

A fifth generation Aircraft Wireless LAN Unit (AWLU) from Teledyne Controls, the aircraft data and information management business, has been successfully certified by Boeing as a Buyer Furnished Equipment (BFE) option for installation on all new 777 production aircraft.

The AWLU enables the secure, reliable and cost-effective transfer of data to and from the aircraft. In this 777 application, the AWLU provides the wireless transfer of Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) and/or Onboard Networking System (ONS) applications data.

The new AWLU is a compact, lightweight and cost‐effective networking solution that provides high-speed ground based off‐board wireless connectivity for any systems on‐board the aircraft, using 3G/4G cellular and optional WiFi technology. It is designed to be easily upgradeable to newer cellular standards as they become available.

“The AWLU provides a critical component of any airlines e-enabled aircraft strategy,” said Larry Levine, Vice-President of Marketing and Sales at Teledyne Controls.  “Using cellular and/or 802.11 WiFi technologies, the AWLU provides a secure, reliable and cost-effective link to connect the aircraft to the airline network to support current and future applications as they are developed.

Teledyne’s wireless solutions include the Wireless GroundLink® system (WGL) and the fifth-generation AWLU . Previous generations of these products have been flying in commercial service for over a decade and have given Teledyne a wealth of experience in the wireless transmission of data for the airline industry.  Additionally, Teledyne has recently signed a Technical Services Agreement (TSA) with Boeing to develop and certify in 2014 its Terminal Cellular System (TCS) for the Boeing 787, bringing communications capability similar to the AWLU to that airplane model.

El Segundo, CA | October 24, 2013– Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY) announced today that The Boeing Company has awarded Teledyne Controls a landmark contract to develop and supply the next generation of aircraft data acquisition systems for the Boeing Next Generation 737 and 737 MAX and the new information management system for the 777, Next -Generation 737, 737 MAX and 747-8 production aircraft.

As an integral part of the contract, the data acquisition and information management solution includes two newly-developed avionics units: the enhanced Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit (eDFDAU) and the Network File Server 2 (NFS2), designed to further improve flight safety, efficiency and maintenance.

“The trust and confidence that Boeing has shown in awarding Teledyne this contract confirms our position as the leading provider of aircraft data acquisition and information management systems,” said Robert Mehrabian, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Teledyne. “We are proud to continue our commitment of delivering ‘intelligence in flight’ to the world’s major aircraft manufacturers and airlines.”

The NFS2 and eDFDAU are the next evolution of avionic systems that Teledyne supplies to Boeing and airlines today. Teledyne’s current DFDAU is installed in over two thirds of all of the Next-Generation 737s manufactured today as Buyer Furnished Equipment (BFE), while the current generation NFS1 is standard equipment on the 747-8, an option on the 777, and targeted to be introduced as standard fit on the Next-Generation 737 in January 2014, and on the 777 soon thereafter.

The new eDFDAU/NFS2 system will be offered as a single source Seller Furnished Equipment (SFE) option on the Next-Generation 737 in 2016, and be SFE standard equipment on the 737 MAX. The NFS2 is also expected to replace the NFS1 on the 777 once available.

“Teledyne’s experience and innovation continues to be recognized by Boeing in providing not only the latest state-of-the-art data acquisition and network server systems but also a collaborative approach in support of Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) offerings and solutions,” said Masood Hassan, president of Teledyne Controls.

El Segundo, CA | January 16, 2013– Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that TUI Airlines, including TUIfly, Jetairfly, Thomson Airways and TUIfly Nordic, have selected Teledyne’s end-to-end wireless solution for electronic Software Part distribution and loading for their entire Next Generation 737 fleet. The package selected includes Teledyne’s LoadStar® Server Enterprise (LSE) software application, the enhanced Airborne Data Loader (eADL), the Portable Maintenance Terminal 2000 (PMAT 2000®) and the Wireless GroundLink® Comm+ system (WGL Comm+™), the center of the Teledyne solution. This selection of products makes TUI Airlines one of the first operators to have installed and certified Teledyne’s wireless Software Parts distribution system (WGL-DataLoading™) on their B737 NG fleet.

With this solution, TUI Airlines can electronically record and wirelessly transfer their flight data, via the WGL Comm+ ™ system, from the aircraft to the ground, within minutes of landing, and from any of their airport hubs. In addition, TUI Airlines will be able to wirelessly distribute Software Parts from one central location directly from their ground station’s software configuration system, LSE, through the WGL Comm+ ™ system, to the eADL for loading into onboard target systems, across all their Boeing 737 NG fleets. The use of electronic Software Part distribution eliminates the need to manually carry and load hundreds of floppy disks onto the aircraft, saving time, manpower and reducing overall costs.

“We saw high value in the results that Teledyne’s end-to-end system provides,” said Wolfgang Volke, TUIfly Avionics Engineer. The connectivity between our ground and onboard networking systems allows us to streamline our crew workload through wireless data transfer by automating flight data download and Software Part upload from one central location. This will relieve the labor-intensive task of manually loading floppy disk software every month,” said Volke.

“Teledyne provides customized value-driven solutions that integrate into our customers’ infrastructure thus improving the efficiency of information management,” said Larry Levine, Vice President of Sales and Marketing – Teledyne Controls.

“It was a pleasure working with TUI Airlines and their team of experts to certify the Teledyne end-to-end system on their B737 NG fleet. Based on the success of this project, TUIfly was selected to participate in the certification of Teledyne’s new Wireless GroundLink® Comm+ system, which was recently concluded. We look forward to supporting TUI Airlines’ needs as their flight data management program expands,” said Hans-Juergen Neufert – Teledyne Controls’ Regional Sales Director for the European region. “Our system will provide TUI Airlines with direct access to their fleet anywhere they fly, and will simplify their flight data processes with automated wireless connectivity. Once the WGL Comm+ system is installed throughout TUI’s fleets, we are looking at implementing a new WGL-Fi™ and WGL-AID™ functionality, which will offer additional aircraft to ground cockpit and cabin connectivity.”

El Segundo, CA | September 13, 2012– Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today that it has strengthened its management team by appointing Larry Levine as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Larry Levine will have overall responsibility for Teledyne Controls’ worldwide Sales, Marketing and Customer Account Management teams.

“I am very pleased with the addition of Larry to the Teledyne Controls leadership team. He brings many years of valuable experience working with OEMs and Airlines especially in the areas of increasing operational efficiencies,” said Masood Hassan, Vice President and General Manager of Teledyne Controls.

Larry Levine comes to Teledyne Controls with over 34 years in the aviation industry and solid experience as a Sales and Marketing leader. Prior to joining Teledyne, he was with the Boeing Company in the Commercial Aviation Services organization for over 13 years. Larry’s roles at Boeing included Director Fleet Management Customer Leader and Regional Director-Americas/Leasing. As the Director Fleet Management Customer Leader, Larry led the first GoldCare customer campaign as well as supported the GoldCare program. Larry also worked with Decrane Aircraft Holdings, Litton Aero Products and Lockheed Martin. He also is a commercial rated pilot and flight instructor. Mr. Levine holds a Master’s Degree in Business Management along with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering and an Associate degree in Electronic Technology.

“I am very excited to join such a successful team at Teledyne and look forward to meeting with our customers and partners,” said Larry Levine.

Darby Shields, the former Vice President of Sales and Marketing, is now in charge of a new Business Development and Program organization focused on e-enabled solutions.

El Segundo, CA – March 24, 2010 – Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced today the appointment of Darby Shields as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In his new role, Mr. Shields will have primary responsibility over Teledyne Controls’ Sales, Marketing, Customer Administration and Business Development.

“Darby is a passionate leader with valuable experience in commercial and military avionics,” said Masood Hassan, Vice President and General Manager of Teledyne Controls. “I am very pleased to appoint him to this position and am confident that he will apply his experience and vision across all of the Teledyne Controls markets.”

Darby Shields, former President of Demo Systems, LLC for 27 years, joined Teledyne Controls as Vice President of the Data Loading Solutions product line in January 2009 when Teledyne Controls acquired the assets of his company. Demo Systems, LLC was a leading provider of data loading products for commercial and military aircraft. Mr. Shields leaves the management of the Data Loading Solutions product line in the capable hands of his long time business partner and co-founder of Demo Systems, Mr. Donald Ruffing.

I look forward to contributing further to Teledyne Controls and continuing to strengthen our leading position in aircraft data and information management,” said Darby Shields.