A Global Leader in Avionics Systems that Enhance Safety and Situational Awareness

Less Fuel, Less Noise, Less Emissions… and Less Risk

SafeRoute™ is a suite of software applications using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology to increase safety, efficiency and throughput for flight operators.

SafeRoute uses the Universal Cockpit Display of Traffic Information (U-CDTI), developed in an alliance with Astronautics Corporation of America, to display own-ship and traffic information for the SafeRoute applications. Other unique capabilities of SafeRoute are Merging & Spacing (M&S), In-
Trail Procedures, CAVS (CDTI Assisted Visual Separation) and Surface Area Movement Management (SAMM).

These functions offer many benefits to the operator: from fuel savings that result from flying more predictable routes with fewer vectors, to safety that comes from a moving map display with own-ship position in the air and on the ground. During taxi, pilots use SafeRoute to enhance their situational awareness and avoid potential runway incursions.

All applications are available as independent modules or as a software bundle that can be hosted on an ACSS computer unit or third party avionics computer.

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast

ADS-B is the technology in which the NextGen air traffic management system is being based. It is a cooperative surveillance technique for air traffic control and aircraft.

ADS-B provides accurate information and frequent updates to airspace users and controllers, and supports improved use of airspace, reduced ceiling/visibility restrictions, improved surface surveillance, and enhanced safety through conflict management.

With ADS-B an aircraft broadcasts its own state vector and other information without knowing what other vehicles or entities might be receiving it and without expectation of an acknowledgment or reply. ADS-B is automatic in that no pilot or controller action is required for the information to be transmitted. It is dependent surveillance in that the surveillance-type information so obtained depends on the suitable navigation and broadcast capability in the source vehicle.