Avionics
FAA Grants STC for ICG’s Fans Over Iridium Transceiver

According to Newport News, Virginia-based ICG, the FAA has issued the first supplemental type certificate (STC) for an Iridium-based avionics platform on a business jet conforming to the RTCA DO-262A data link standard. DO-262A is the standard required for design approval of data link communications systems supporting air traffic services, per FAA advisory circular AC 20-140A.

Chicago Jet Group obtained the STC for installation on a Dassault Falcon 50 of ICG’s NxtLink series ICS-220A and a Universal Avionics UniLink UL-801 communications management unit with internal VHF VDL Mode 2 receiver. ICG said the approval meets Fans 1/A (future air navigation system) controller-pilot data link communications (CPDLC) and automatic dependent surveillance-contract (ADS-C) requirements for flying the North Atlantic Tracks between FL360 and FL390.