Avionics
Cobham, Avionica Team on SwiftBroadband-Safety for Bizjets
System splits safety, non-critical comms over single channel,

In a move that aims to bring Inmarsat's Swiftbroadband-Safety (SB-S) to the business jet market, Cobham Satcom and Avionica are teaming up to provide what they say is the smallest and lightest Inmarsat satcom system for simultaneous cockpit and cabin communications.

The offering combines Cobham's Aviator 300D satcom system with Avionica's avWiFi router. This pairing allows operators to use SB-S for safety-critical services, including FANS, CPDLC, ACARS and cockpit voice communications, while still leveraging SwiftBroadband connectivity in the cabin for non-safety-related voice and data exchanges. Avionica's router segregates the safety-critical messaging from the non-safety communications, all while using a single SwiftBroadband channel.

In this article