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  • Builds on ACSS’s line of certified ADS-B solutions
  • SAMM addresses pressing need for improved situational awareness during taxi and takeoff
  • Merging & Spacing increases efficiency while reducing noise and emissions
  • Platform-independent software or host in the ACSS Surveillance Processor
  • Selected by UPS for fleet-wide installation

 

SafeRoute Brochure

 

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Safety, Efficiency, and Cost Savings


SafeRoute™ is a set of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) software applications designed to improve the safety and efficiency of flight operations. SafeRoute’s unique capabilities include merging & spacing and surface area movement management (SAMM), and are available individually or as a set.

SafeRoute’s SAMM application shows the aircraft's location on an airfield and its proximity to other aircraft on the airfield. The software module leverages other technologies already installed onboard the aircraft to display diagrams of runways, taxiways, gates and airport infrastructure, and gives pilots position of other aircraft and alerts them to potential runway incursions.

The merging & spacing function enables aircraft to display information that guides merging maneuvers and spacing behind other aircraft during flight arrival. The improved situational awareness allows pilots to maintain proper sequencing and the data instructs pilots to speed up or slow down to keep a consistent interval between their aircraft and others on approach. These improvements permit operators to keep engines near idle during descent, which can save hundreds of pounds of fuel with each approach. The system will also enable reductions in noise and emissions below 3,000 ft.

SafeRoute is platform-independent software (a DO-178B Level C system) that can be hosted on ACSS’s Surveillance Processor. Its computing power and physical space allows for additional software modules such as TCAS, TAWS, and Mode S Transponder.

SafeRoute builds on ACSS’s family of industry-leading products that have helped set new standards in aviation safety.

Surface Area Movement Management

Over the last four years, nearly 1500 runway incursions have occurred at controlled airports in the U.S. The SAMM application provides flight crews with an airport surface map and tracks the movements of their aircraft and other ground and airborne traffic in the terminal area, and alerts crews of potential conflicts. The SAMM module within SafeRoute uses ADS-B and TIS-B (Traffic Information Service-Broadcast) to track other vehicles on the airport grounds. This function would have dramatically reduced or eliminate the number of incursions over the past four years.
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SafeRoute gives a yellow warning to this taxiing aircraft to make the pilot aware that the runway is active.
 If the pilot ignores the yellow warning and continues onto an active runway, the runway and takeoff aircraft will turn red and an aural alert will be given.

Merging & Spacing

The Merging & Spacing function makes use of onboard aircraft surveillance to provide flight deck spacing commands that allow aircraft to follow one another at the safest, most efficient interval possible from cruise altitude to the runway. These applications ensure more consistent aircraft spacing while increasing capacity and efficiency within the terminal airspace.

 
Note the aircraft on the far left. It was given instructions to vector off course because it did not have the proper spacing from the lead aircraft for approach. This procedure wastes time and fuel. With the Merging & Spacing functions, aircraft will be spaced far from the destination aircraft so when the they come to the merge point, they will have the proper spacing.

 
Technical Specifications: ACSS Surveillance Processor
Physical Specifications
Dimensions 4 or 6 MCU
Weight 15.35 lbs (6.97 kg) (4 MCU)
16.08 lbs (7.30 kg) (6 MCU)
Mounting ARINC 600 6 OR 4 MCU Mount
Cooling No forced air required for 4 MCU (internal fan)
Per ARINC 600/404 for 6 MCU
Environmental Specifications DO-160C
Software TCAS and Transponder Functions are DO-178B
SafeRoute™ functions are DO-178B Level C
ADS-B Capability RTCA/DO-260A 1090 MOPS
extended range operations
ADS-B Receiver Availability > 95%
Operating Altitude Sea Level to 55,000 feet
Operating Temperature -55 to 70 degrees C
Storage Temperature -55 to 85 degrees C
Power 28 V DC or 115 VAC
Power Consumption Nominal power consumption 65 watts
Maintenance Supports OEM Maintenance Computer Interfaces
Portable Data Loader ARINC 615
Processor Unit RT-950 or RT-951
Mode S Transponder RCZ-852 (Business & Regional Transponder)
XS-950 (Air Transport Data Link Transponder)
XS-950SI (Military Mode S/IFF Transponder)
Antenna AT 910
Displays Various
Controls Various
  
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