PRESS RELEASES:
 For Immediate Release 5 September, 2007:
ADS-B Technologies Teams With Cirrus Design To Introduce New Aircraft Into China
Acknowledging the potential benefits of ADS-B technology in both the pilot training market and the personal transportation airplane market in China, Cirrus Design Corporation and ADS-B Technologies have agreed to work together to offer Chinese customers the opportunity to have ADS-B on all Cirrus aircraft sold in China brginning in January, 2008.
CIRRUS International Managing Director John M. Bingham said, "Both CIRRUS and ADS-B Technologies have been heavily involved in China over the past few years. China has already adopted ADS-B in some of its flight schools. We believe that offering ADS-B on our airplanes sold in China will greatly support the development of general aviation in China by enabling China to open up more of its air space."
"Our company's ground-breaking work with the Civil Aviation Flight University of China pioneered ADS-B in the region," added Skip Nelson, ADS-B Technologies' President. "We have a unique understanding of China's GA needs and feel that Cirrus' innovative approach to engineering, style and safety, when combined with the efficiency of ADS-B based Air Traffic Management, could make them an icon for the freedom to own and operate private aircraft throughout the country."
Based in Minnesota, USA, CIRRUS is a recognized global leader in the manufacturing of personal aviation aircraft that provides unprecedented levels of performance, quality, and safety. Their popular SR20 and SR22 composite airplanes incorporate innovative, advanced technologies into their design, including the unique CIRRUS Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). The SR22 is the best selling airplane in the world today.
ADS-B Technologies is an Anchorage, Alaska based company specializing in the deployment of fully integrated, turn-key ADS-B systems around the world.
For Immediate Release 15 July, 2007:
Deliveries Begin For Second Chinese ADS-B Project
On April 24th, ADS-B Technologies signed its second contract with the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) to deliver and install two more Ground Broadcast Transceivers (GBTs), 50 additional aircraft and substantial spares. Deliveries began in early July and by the time this contract is completed, CAFUC will have a total of 7 GBTs and more than 200 ADS-B aircraft flying from its flight training centers in Central China.
"With these additional ground stations and aircraft, CAFUC will now be one of the largest end-to-end ADS-B projects in the world," commented Skip Nelson, ADS-B Technologies' CEO. "The University is clearly establishing itself as a world leader in the use of the technology. They are totally committed to ADS-B and see it as not only an important factor in the increased safety and efficiency of their flight training program, but as a catalyst for the further expansion of General Aviation in China."
The graphic above, illustrates the current ADS-B (UAT) coverage at 300M, 1,000M and 3,000M for the University's XinJin, Guanghan, Suining, Mianyang, Louyang and Nanyang sub-colleges. The entire network spans more than 1.200 Km in Central China.
The Civil Aviation Flight University of China, established in 1956, is the World's largest flight school, with more than 6,000 students enrolled in pilot, maintenance, Air Traffic Control and Flight Attendant courses.
For Immediate Release 10 March, 2007:
ADS-B Technologies Completes Next-Generation ADS-B Project With Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency
ADS-B Technologies has just completed a very ambitious nine month research and development program with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The project involved the procurement of an A-36 Beechcraft Bonanza, the installation of a Chelton Avionics System, several custom data recorders and more than a dozen research flights with the JAXA aircraft. More than a dozen Japanese personnel participated in the program. One JAXA pilot even qualified for an FAA SE Seaplane Rating while he was in Alaska!
"The JAXA engineers and technicians were terrific to work with," said ADS-B Technologies' President, Skip Nelson. " Their meticulous preparation for each test flight was impressive - we got some very important data from the Alaska ADS-B ground sites during more than a dozen research flights and several air-to-air sorties with our Company research aircraft."
The program used both certified and experimental software developed by Chelton, JAXA and ADS-B Technologies. The aircraft was preserved and shipped to Japan where it is now flying further missions in an effort to develop new Next-Generation ADS-B avionics displays and related technologies.
For Immediate Release 20 February, 2007:
ADS-B Technologies Completes Largest ADS-B Project in Asia
ADS-B Technologies, LLC has announced the completion of the fifth ADS-B (UAT) Ground Broadcast Transceiver (GBT) site for the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) in Sichuan and Henan Provinces, PRC.
"With five ground stations and more than 130 aircraft avionics installations already completed, this is certainly the largest end-to-end ADS-B deployment in Asia, perhaps the largest in the world, other than the FAA's Capstone Program in Alaska," commented ADS-B Technologies President and CEO, Skip Nelson.
"We began installing ground stations and avionics in June and with the University's intense flight training schedule, they've now accumulated more than 90,000 flight hours of ADS-B experience without a single significant problem. And, by networking the ground stations, an Advisory Controller at one airfield can now see an aircraft taxiing at another airport more than 800 km away."
The project, which includes five networked Ground Broadcast Transcievers (GBTs), 15 flight following displays, 150 aircraft avionics installations, custom cockpit displays and a training program, is the first of two major contracts for the Civil Aviation Flight University of China. ADS-B TECHNOLOGIES is an Anchorage, Alaska based company specializing in the deployment of fully integrated, turn-key ADS-B systems around the world.
ADS-B Technologies features equipment from dB SYSTEMS, GARMIN AT, MOTION COMPUTING, SENECA DATA AND SENSIS in this important project.
For Immediate Release 22 June, 2006:
ADS-B Flies For the First Time in Africa
"At 1200 (Dar es Salaam time) on 14 June, 978MHz ADS-B (UAT) was used for the first time on the African Continent. A Tanzanian Air Services Cessna 206, equipped with a Garmin GDL90, was tracked by a UAT ground station during a 45 minute flight from Dar es Salaam International Airport (DAR). The flight, which met all operational objectives, was conducted by ADS-B Technologies and was observed by officials from six African nations, ICAO, FAA and the World Bank.
The demonstration was part of a two day World Bank conference held to discuss the Bank's basic aviation infrastructure funding project for the East African Community. This is the second time the Alaska-based ADS-B Air Traffic Management integration firm has achieved a similar milestone, the first being the introduction of UAT to Asia, during trials in Guanghan, China in July 2005.
The company is currently working with the Civil Aviation Flight University of China and the CAAC on a project to install Garmin ADS-B avionics in more than 150 of the University's training aircraft and five Sensis Corporation 978MHz Ground Broadcast Transceivers in Sichuan Province, China."
For Immediate Release 12 November, 2005:
First Permanent ADS-B Ground Station Installed in China
On November 3rd, Anchorage, Alaska based ADS-B Technologies completed the installation of the first permanent Ground Based Transceiver (GBT) at the Civil Aviation Flight University of China's main campus in Guanghan, Sichuan Province. Two of the University's Garmin GDL90 UAT equipped Piper Seminole aircraft participated in the acceptance test by transmitting position data to a Sensis Corporation GBT.
"We had no problem setting up the Sensis equipment, it's very solid stuff," said Skip Nelson, ADS-B Technologies' President. "Unlike radar which typically has moving parts, this equipment is all solid state and built for thousands of hours of virtually maintenence-free operation."
Nelson said his firm also recorded another first by demonstrating a wireless cockpit interface between the aircraft's Bluetooth UAT interface and HP 4705 hand held displays. 
Jim Cieplak, Chief Scientist, conducted the hand held tests and actually got to fly in the Seminoles. "Our Chinese pilots seemed very impressed with the PDA-style display," commented Cieplak. "Wait until they get their hands on the larger 8-inch tablet computers."
The firm now plans to deliver more than 160 avionics packages and six GBT's to the University during 2006. Meanwhile, encouraged by UAT's initial success, the Civil Aviation Authority of China continues to evaluate UAT for broader deployment in their country.
For Immediate Release 16 July, 2005:
ADS-B Flies For The First Time In China
At 0915L, 15 July, two Piper Seminoles from the Civil Aviation Flight University of China (CAFUC) flew into history as the first aircraft to use 978MHz Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) equipment outside of the U.S.. The aircraft, based at the University's Guanghan campus, were equipped with Garmin GDL90 UAT transceivers and were tracked with a prototype ground station developed by ADS-B Technologies.
"The test flights exceeded all our expectations - we tracked both aircraft continuously from power-up to shutdown and out to more than 80km, despite a relatively low antenna position at the ground site," Skip Nelson, ADS-B Technologies' President commented. "More than fifty University representatives, Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) officials and a World Bank observer watched as we vectored the aircraft out to 60km separation and then back in for a 300 meter close approach to each other."
 
The five day trials, which included installing Garmin equipment in the first two aircraft, are part of a broader agreement between ADS-B Technologies and CAFUC, that will eventually equip more than 100 of the University's trainers with ADS-B. "The most exciting thing is that this could be a prototype of a new low altitude surveillance architecture for General and Business aviation in China," Nelson continued. " We're already looking at Beijing-Shanghai-Hong Kong and Beijing-ChengDu as possible ADS-B enabled GA routes." ADS-B Technologies is an Anchorage, Alaska based aviation consulting firm that specializes in new air traffic management technologies. The Civil Aviation Flight University of China is Asia's largest aviation school, with more than 6,000 students enrolled.
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