Air One and Czech Airlines Select Teledyne's Data Systems for New A320s

Italy's Air One will install Teledyne Controls' flight data interface management unit (FDIMU) and wireless quick access recorder (WQAR) for its new A320s, to automate the acquisition, recording and transmission of its flight data.  Czech Airlines is installing Teledyne's WQAR on its A320s also.

Teledyne Controls' FDIMU is an integrated data acquisition and recording system, available for installation on the A320 family and A330/A340 models.  It combines the functions of three previously separate LRUs (line replaceable units): the FDIU (flight data interface unit) used for mandatory data acquisition, the DMU (data management unit) that performs engine/aircraft condition monitoring, and the DAR (digital access recorder).

The WQAR, which Teledyne calls Wireless GroundLink, uses a proprietary protocol to compress and encrypt data recorded during flight and securely transmit them via cellular technology and the Internet either directly to the airline's or to Teledyne's ground-based data center, for processing and analysis.  Since the whole transfer process is automated, the data is available for analysis within 10-15 minutes after an aircraft has landed, versus several days or weeks with a manual data retrieval system.

In CSA's case, GroundLink will function in conjunction with AirFASE, a flight data analysis and reporting software tool jointly developed by Teledyne Controls and Airbus that will accomplish the carrier's flight data replay, analysis and reporting functions.  03-01-2006.

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