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is located in the southwest Indian Ocean. The designation means that any Gulfstream GIV or GV
series aircraft registered under the Mauritius Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) can use the Gulfstream Savannah Service Center for maintenance, inspection and modifica- tion. The GV series comprises the Gulfstream GV, G550 and G500 aircraft. The GIV series comprises the GIV, GIV-SP, G450, G350, G400 and G300 aircraft. The Gulfstream Savannah Service Center earned the AMO designation after representatives of the Mauritius DCA performed an on-site audit of the facility. When expansion is completed by the end of the third
quarter, 2009, the Savannah Service Center will be the argest purpose-built maintenance facility in the world for business jets. The 679,199-square-foot service center is located on 76.6 acres at the southwest corner of the S avannah/Hilton Head International Airport.
TRUENORTH INTRODUCES INNOVATIVE BROADBAND ROUTER APPLICATION FOR SEAMLESS INTEGRATION WITH ALL CURRENT SATCOM SYSTEMS TrueNorth Avionics has introduced the industry’s first broadband router application, to provide seamless inte-
gration with all brands and models of broadband equipment while virtually eliminating the need for future hardware upgrades. Resident on TrueNorth’s single-box Simphone¯ Chorus hardware platform, the new OpenCabin (OC) Router application was installed with a Rockwell Collins HST2110B (SwiftBroadband) system and offers Internet service as well as voice and data over BlackBerry®. The installation, performed aboard a Challenger CL-604 aircraft by Mid-Canada Mod Center, Mississauga, Ontario, also marks a compatibility milestone, in that TrueNorth systems are now proven to work flawlessly with every major Satcom broadband provider, including Cobham (Chelton), Thrane & Thrane, EMS Satcom, Honeywell and Rockwell Collins. “We’re pleased to be the only airborne telecommunications provider to offer broad-ranging, plug-in compatibility with all the major Satcom equipment,” says Mark van Berkel, TrueNorth’s CEO. “And the fact that our OC Router application is simply the beginning of this application- centric approach to increased functionality and low-cost upgrades is even more excit- ing for the future of airborne communica- tions,” he adds. “We were happy to offer our customer such an innovative, efficient and cost-ef- fective communications solution,” says Bill Arsenault, Mid-Canada Mod Center’s vice president. “Equally impressive was the fact that we simply plugged everything in and the entire system, comprising equipment from three different manufacturers, worked immediately — something we rarely see in this business.”
WEST STAR AVIATION COMPLETES AIRCELL HIGH SPEED INTERNET IN- STALLATIONS West Star Aviation’s East Alton, IL (ALN) facility recently completed Air-
Cell High Speed Internet Systems installa- tions on the Cessna Citation 650 and the Dassault Falcon 50 aircrafts. The AirCell High Speed Internet solu-
tion gives crews and passengers connectiv- ity to Wi-Fi devices such as laptops, smart phones, and PDA’s for email and VPN. The AirCell system can operate at speeds of up to 3.1M for uplink to the aircraft and 1.8M
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