Welcome to the Airborne Internet Collaboration/Working Group October 16, 2003 The Digital Avionics Systems Conference
8:30am - 12:00pm 8:30 Welcome to the Airborne Internet Collaboration/Working Group - Pete McHugh, FAA Technical Center - Jim Meer, Microflight Inc. - Ralph Yost, FAA Technical Center 8:45 "Aircraft Can be Networked" (Ralph Yost, Innovations Research Division, FAA Technical Center, Atlantic City NJ) 9:15 "Airborne Internet Using The VDL Mode Sats Radio Link" (Prasad Nair, President, PMEI Inc., Bethesda, MD.) 10:00 “SITA Aircom Data Link Services and What’s Next" Kathleen Kearns, SITA 10:45 "Broadband Communications For Aircraft Without Satellite", Frank Blanda, Chief Technical Officer, Aerosat 11:30 Open Forum Discussion (facilitated by Meer, Yost, McHugh) Agenda
FOLLOW ON ACTIVITY Panel discussion of the intersection of network theory and transportation service distribution. Network theory has implications for scalable, point to point, transportation system growth the understanding of which lends credence to the SATS vision and what role AI might play. 12:00-2:00pm Hotel: GRAND CENTRAL CONFERENCE ROOM Distinguished Guest Panel Discussion - Dr. Bruce Holmes, NASA Langley Research Center - John Scott, ICO Systems