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ITS America CVFM Forum – Session #24
In-Flight Weather Applications5 June 2007
2XM Proprietary
Background
• NASA’s Aviation Weather Information Project (AWIN) was created in response to President Clinton’s initiative to improve aviation safety– Weather identified as a factor in 30% of aviation accidents– Recognition of the need for cost-effective in-flight weather
information to improve pilot’s situational awareness
• NASA support played key role in the development of XM WX Satellite Weather– NASA analysis identified satellite broadcast as optimum
solution for data dissemination to aircraft• Emergence of SDARs provided unmatched capability
– Technical support & evidence of feasibility helped establish aviation industry credibility in XM solution
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XM Satellite #1
XMRepeater
XM Satellite #2
XMRepeater
XM System Capability
• Un-interrupted CONUS coverage(inc. Land, Sea & Air)
• Flexible, all-digital platform providing simultaneousAudio + Data
• Low cost, low power, mobile receivers & small antennas
• Broadcast format achieves low cost, dependable, national data delivery
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XM System Architecture for Weather Application
Gathering Weather Data Delivery (Pipe to the Aircraft)
Weather Data(Multiple Government & Commercial Sources)
WeatherPartner
Weather information delivered via XM
receiver for display on avionics system
XM provides a flexible platform for real-time deliver of weather data directly to pilots in flightvia graphical display on multiple avionics systems.
The platform will accommodate ongoing improvement in source weather data,providing the potential for continually improving service to the end user.
Baron
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XM WX Products (Aviation & Marine)
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XM WX Aviation Service
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XM WX Satellite Weather
XM WX has been widely adopted by the leading avionics
manufacturers as the new industry standard
for Aviation
Flying Magazine Editors’ Choice Award 2005
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Aircraft OEMs Offering XM WX(Many also offering XM audio service to cabin passengers)
XM WX is now factory-specified on over 80%of all new GA (General Aviation) aircraft
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• XM WX weather adopted by Horizon Air
• Live XM Radio (100+ channels at each seat) on JetBlue & AirTran
− Also launching on ExpressJet (regional)
• Pre-recorded XM content on all United aircraft
− Also launching on AirCanada
• Win-win marketing partnership for Airlines and XM
• Provides potential platform for other live data delivery to aircraft
− Including for example secure delivery of information to air marshals in flight
XM in Commercial Aviation
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Summary
• Traditional approach to in-flight aviation services has been via a purpose-built, dedicated system– High unit cost due to small addressable aviation market
• XM approach has been to leverage an infrastructure built for mass-market consumer service to deliver specialist service for aviation– Unmatched performance of multi-billion $ satellite
network– Benefit from mass-market scale of receiver technology to
drive down aircraft hardware cost
• Partnership approach critical to success:– Specialized expertise in end-to-end team– Availability to multiple avionics device manufacturers
ensure optimum access to addressable market
• Win-Win result!
