Gulfstream Aerospace recently completed a full Future Air Navigation System
(FANS) flight across the Atlantic Ocean using Controller-Pilot Data Link Communication with Automatic Dependent Surveillance (CPDLC/ADS). The flight was the first of its kind for a purpose-built business jet.
The CPDLC/ADS data link provides flight crews with direct communication to oceanic and remote-area Air Traffic Controllers. It enhances safety because it automatically reports when an aircraft deviates from its cleared altitude and route. It also provides meteorological data from the aircraft’s sensors.
Gulfstream senior international captains Sean Sheldon and Ron Newton flew the Gulfstream G450 test aircraft from Savannah to the London-Luton Airport and back. The aircraft, which features a fully integrated avionics package with triple Flight Management Systems (FMSs) operating in synchronous mode, used CPDLC/ADS for oceanic communication and position reporting.
Gulfstream anticipates offering CPDLC/ADS to operators of large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft in the third quarter 2009. It will be part of Certification Foxtrot for PlaneView®, the signature Gulfstream flight deck featuring Honeywell Primus Epic avionics.

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