Avionics
TrueNorth Receives FAA TSO for Iridium Datalink Unit
TrueNorth’s Iridium datalink unit has received FAA Technical Standard Order approval.

TrueNorth Avionics announced today that it has received FAA technical standard order (TSO) approval for its Fans-compliant Iridium-based satellite datalink unit (DLU). The company’s Simphone Fans-1/A+ datalink Unitplus is already approved under multiple supplemental type certificates (STCs), but the TSO “will streamline the process of obtaining additional STCs,” according to the company. The TrueNorth DLU is lightweight and includes a built-in Iridium transceiver.