A GLOBALink ARINC VDL Mode 2 AOA and ATN Program Status & Deployment Activities November, 2000 AMCPWGM1 WP23

A VDL Mode 2 Program Status AOA –Initial Operational Capability Established on November 17th over Iowa and Washington State –Four Ground Stations in Service as of November 17th –En-route Coverage Roll-out and Service Offering Begins in Early 2001 Interoperability Testing –Collins Underway –FAA Underway –Honeywell imminent –Airbus/Aerospatiale (AMA) plans in progress

A VDL Mode 2 Program Status ATN –Early ATN Release for PETAL IIe Completed and Tested by 1Q01 –PETAL IIe Ground Infrastructure will be Deployed and Operational in April 2001 evaluations from May through October 2001 Eurocontrol, American Airlines, ARINC, Collins, –ATN Service will be Deployed and Operational in December 2001 FAA CPDLC Build 1 operational evaluation begins in June 2002 ATN service offered in 2002

A ARINC VDL/ATN Development and Continuing Maintenance ARINC VDL Mode 2 Service (Including Demonstrations & Operational Evaluations) PETAL II 5-10/01 7 Stns ARINC FAAEurocontrol AOA IOC 1/011/021/031/041/ CPDLC Build 1 4 Services, MIA, Enroute CPDLC Build 1A Additional Services; National Deployment, Enroute 1/97-00 ARINC VDL/ATN Development to Support PETAL II and CPDLC ATN IOC ARINC VDL/ATN Service Expansion

A ARINC VDLM2 Industry Partnership Interoperability Team Meetings Occuring Since Early 98 –Most Recent Meeting at Boeing in August Air/Ground Test Station (AGTS) Developed and Delivered to Industry –Allows Avionics Suppliers to Test with ARINC Production VDLM2 Software Collins AGTS delivered in March Honeywell AGTS fabricated - delivery by early November Three additional AGTSs will support American Airlines 767 VDLM2 certification in 2002

A VDLM2 Industry Partnership Recent Accomplishments On-going Testing Between ARINC and Collins since March –Proven that ARINC and Collins Implementations are Compatible First VDLM2 Flight on October 20th was accomplished against ARINC VDLM2 Implementation First VDLM2/AOA Flight Against Live Network Occurred on November 20, 2000 –Collins Test Aircraft Exchanged VDLM2/AOA Messages FAA Tech Center VDLM2 Test Stack –Tested VDL link establishment, data delivery, and disconnects

A AOA Service and Ground Station Roll-Out Approach Initial Operational Capability –Limited Coverage Area Currently Established –Anticipate Very Few Aircraft Equipped avionics certification activities AQP activities Operational Service Evolves & Expands –En-route Service Coverage Deployed –System Enhancements are Implemented –VDLM2 AOA Equipped Aircraft in Revenue Service AOA Service will Remain –No Sunset Date

A AOA Initial Coverage and Expansion Initial Coverage to Support Avionics Certification over two geographic areas –Three Ground Stations Deployed in Washington Boeing and Honeywell certification activities –Deployment complete in early November –Three Ground Stations Deployed in Iowa Rockwell Collins certification activities –Deployment complete Coverage Expansion –Driven by the Following Factors Alleviate ACARS RF Congestion Airline Coverage Needs –Aircraft equipage rates

A Summary Roll-out of VDL Mode 2 Has Begun Program is On Schedule to Deliver VDL Mode 2 as Planned Industry Interoperability Testing has been Very Successful VDL Mode 2 ATN Capability to Deliver ATS Messages will be Demonstrated in 2001 Aggressive Service Coverage Expansion throughout the US will Occur Beginning in 2001