Airtel ATN

Airtel ATN provides air traffic management telecommunication software and test equipment. Its main field is data link, the messaging between aircraft and air traffic control. The company is based in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland.

Airtel supplies operational and test data link solutions to air navigation service providers, communication service providers, avionics manufacturers and maintenance, repair and overhaul organisations. The company says it is active in more than 35 countries across America, Asia and Europe.

The Air/Ground Data Link Server, called AGDLS, provides controller and pilot messaging for air traffic control centres. It supports Context Management and CPDLC over both ATN and FANS networks. Its ATN routers are ICAO 9880 compliant and are delivered for air ground and ground ground use.

Airtel offers an airborne ATN router, supplied as portable source code with a documentation package. It also offers ground manual test software that emulates a ground data link system, so avionics can be tested in a lab or on an aircraft.

For the European CP1 mandate, Airtel provides a CM server and an ADS-C server, with services built on its ATN software. The company says its solutions help more than 13,000 aircraft connect to the ATC network. It also says about 60 percent of European air navigation service providers use its software.

Airtel began working in aeronautical telecommunications in 1998, and it says it has over 25 years in business. Its clients named on the site include Naviair, ANS CR, Enaire, DFS and Skyguide, as well as avionics makers such as Airbus, Honeywell, Garmin and Boeing.

The company takes part in SESAR and IRIS research programmes, including projects on satellite communication, multilink and LDACS integration.

Services

• Air/Ground Data Link Server (AGDLS)
• ATN air/ground router
• ATN ground/ground router
• ANSP ATN router
• CM server
• ADS-C server
• ATN test tools
• ATN element manager
• Data link monitoring
• Data link research