Regulations and Government
Heli-Expo ADS-B Forum Highlights Rules and Compliance Challenges
If current ADS-B installation trends continue, many rotorcraft will not meet the FAA’s 2020 deadline for compliance.

Tim Shaver, manager of the FAA’s avionics maintenance branch (AFS-360), told attendees at the “ADS-B OUT Avionics Equipage & Installation” forum here at Heli-Expo that only 4 percent of helicopters in the U.S. are currently equipped with compliant ADS-B OUT transmitters. If current installation trends continue, he said, many rotorcraft will not meet the FAA’s Jan. 1, 2020 deadline for compliance. The forum is part of the FAA’s outreach effort to help the helicopter industry meet ADS-B mandates.


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