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Astronautics wACS Preps for Market Entry on Airbus H145

Astronautics' Airborne Communications System will allow data to be uploaded to or downloaded from Airbus helicopters, as well as connect while in flight.

Airbus’s H145 is the first helicopter to see installation of the Astronautics wireless Airborne Communications System (wACS) data exchange platform. Eventually, wACS will enable inflight connectivity via cellular networks.

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

January 27, 2020

The Astronautics wireless Airborne Communications System (wACS) is in the final stages of market entry on various Airbus Helicopters platforms, beginning with the H145. Part of Airbus Helicopters’ push to move to digital management of its fleets, wACS will provide the ability to upload data and information to the aircraft, download information off the aircraft, and connect while in flight.

Formal flight tests supporting European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval of wACS on the Airbus Helicopters aircraft were conducted in the third quarter, and the Milwaukee-based electronics specialist (Booth 1428) has also delivered final software updates for production aircraft.

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