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ARINC
Company typePrivate
IndustryAirports, aviation, defense, government, healthcare, networks, security, and transportation
Founded1929 as Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated
HeadquartersHeadquarters in Annapolis, Maryland; EMEA Regional Headquarters in London, United Kingdom; Asia Pacific Regional Headquarters in Singapore; and more than 120 locations worldwide.
Key people
John M. Belcher: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
RevenueIncrease$919 million USD (2006).
OwnerCarlyle Group
Number of employees
3,200
Websitearinc.com

Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC), established in 1929, is a major provider of transport communications and systems engineering solutions for eight industries: aviation, airports, defense, government, healthcare, networks, security, and transportation. ARINC has installed computer data networks in police cars and railroad cars and also maintains the standards for line-replaceable units.[citation needed]

ARINC is owned by the Carlyle Group, which acquired the company in October 2007. It is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland and has two regional headquarters: London (established in 1999) to serve the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region and Singapore (established 2003) for the Asia Pacific region. ARINC maintains more than 3200 employees at over 120 locations worldwide.

History

ARINC was incorporated in 1929 as Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated. It was chartered by the Federal Radio Commission (which later became the Federal Communications Commission) in order to serve as the airline industry’s single licensee and coordinator of radio communication outside of the government. The corporation's stock was held by four major airlines of the day. Through most of its history, ARINC was owned by airlines and other aviation-related companies such as Boeing until the sale to Carlyle.

Not much later ARINC took on the responsibility for all ground-based, aeronautical radio stations and for ensuring station compliance with FRC rules and regulations. Using this as a base technology, ARINC expanded its contributions to transport communications as well as continuing to support the commercial aviation industry and US military.

ARINC also developed the standards for the trays and boxes used to hold standard line-replaceable units (like radios) in aircraft. These permit electronics to be rapidly replaced without complex fasteners or test equipment.

In 1978 ARINC introduced ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System), a datalink system that enables ground stations (airports, aircraft maintenance bases, etc.) and commercial aircraft to communicate without voice, but data, due to the datalink system being integrated with aircraft systems via a Communications Management Unit (CMU), such as fuel quantity, weight on wheels, Flight management system (FMS), etc.

ARINC has expanded its business in aerospace and defense through its ARINC Engineering Services subsidiary.

Activities and services

Though mostly known for its standards, standardization is only one major area of ARINC activities.

Standardization and aviation industry activities

Aviation industry activities are managed through three dedicated committees[1][2]:

  • AEEC (Airlines Electronic Engineering Committee): Develop the ARINC Standards,
  • AMC (Avionics Maintenance Conference): Organize the annual Avionics Maintenance Conference,
  • FSEMC (Flight Simulator Engineering & Maintenance Conference): Organize the annual Flight Simulator Engineering and Maintenance Conference.

ARINC services

ARINC services include:

  • ACARS -a digital datalink system for transmission of short, relatively simple messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite
  • AviNet Global Data Network, formerly known as the ARINC Data Network Service (ADNS)
  • Air/Ground Domestic Voice Service
  • Air/Ground International Voice Service
  • Airport Remote Radio Access System (ARRAS)
  • vMUSE- multi-user systems environment for shared passenger check-in at airports
  • SelfServ- common use self-service passenger check-in kiosks for Airports
  • OnVoy- internet based passenger check-in system for use at off-airport locations such as hotels, cruise ships and convention centers
  • AirVUE- information display system for airports
  • Centralized Flight Management Computer Waypoint Reporting System (CFRS)
  • Satellite Navigation and Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (SATNAV and ATCALS)
  • ARINC Wireless Interoperable Network Solutions (AWINS) - connects all types of radio and telephone systems including standard UHF and VHF analog radios, mobile digital, voice over IP systems, ship-to-shore, air-ground, standard phones, and push-to-talk cellular.

Standards

400 Series

The 400 Series describes guidelines for installation, wiring, data buses, and databases.

  • ARINC 419 describes digital transmission system building blocks which were available prior to 1984. It provides a synopsis of many protocols that predate ARINC 429 such as ARINC 561, 582, 573 and 575.
  • ARINC 429 is an electrical and data format standard for a 2-wire serial bus with one sender and many listeners. This standard defines one of the most commonly used data buses on modern commercial aircraft. ARINC 429, like the ARINC 561 standard, is based on the ARINC 575 data format.

500 Series

The 500 Series describes analog avionics equipment used on aircraft such as the Boeing 727, Douglas DC-9, DC-10, Boeing 737 and 747, and Airbus A300.

  • ARINC 573 is a standard format for data parameters recorded by digital flight data recorder and flight data recorder required by the FAA and ICAO.

600 Series

The 600 Series describes the design foundation for equipment specified per the ARINC 700 Series

  • ARINC 610B is a guidance for use of avionics equipment and software in simulators.
  • ARINC 615 is a family of standards covering "data loading", commonly used for transferring software and data to or from avionics devices. The ARINC 615 base standard covers "data loading" over ARINC 429.
  • ARINC 629 is a multi-transmitter protocol where many units share the same bus. It was a further development of ARINC 429 especially designed for the Boeing 777.
  • ARINC 633 is the air-ground protocol for ACARS and IP networks used for AOC data exchanges between aircraft and entities on the ground.
  • ARINC 653 is a standard for partitioning of computer resources in the time and space domains. The standard also specifies APIs for abstraction of the application from the underlying hardware and software.
  • ARINC 660 defines functional allocation and recommended architectures for CNS/ATM avionics.
  • ARINC 661 normalizes the definition of a cockpit display system (CDS), and the communication between the CDS and User Applications. The GUI definition is completely defined in binary definition files. The CDS software consists of a kernel capable of creating a hierarchical GUI specified in the definition files. The concepts used by ARINC 661 are similar to those used in user interface markup languages.
  • ARINC 665 This standard defines standards for loadable software parts and software transport media.

700 Series

The 700 Series describes the form, fit and function of avionics equipment installed predominately on transport category aircraft.[6]

  • ARINC 702A defines the Flight Management Systems (FMS)
  • ARINC 704 defines the Inertial Reference System (IRS).
  • ARINC 708 is the standard for airborne weather radar. It defines the airborne weather radar characteristics for civil and military aircraft. This standard also defines the way to control and get information from the radar.
  • ARINC 709 defines Distance Measuring Equipment (DME)
  • ARINC 717 defines the aquisition of flight data for recording
  • ARINC 724B defines the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System (ACARS)
  • ARINC 738 defines an integrated Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU)
  • ARINC 739 is the standard for a Multi-Purpose Control and Display Unit (MCDU) and interfaces.
  • ARINC 740 defines airborne printers
  • ARINC 741 is the standard for a first-generation L-band satellite data unit.
  • ARINC 743A defines a GNSS receiver
  • ARINC 744A defines a full-format airborne printer
  • ARINC 746 is the standard for a cabin telecommunications unit, based on Q.931 and CEPT-E1.
  • ARINC 747 defines a Flight Data Recoder (FDR)
  • ARINC 750 defines a VHF Digital Radio
  • ARINC 755 defines a Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) for approach and landing
  • ARINC 756 defines a GNSS Navigation and Landing Unit
  • ARINC 760 defines a GNSS Navigator
  • ARINC 757 defines a Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)
  • ARINC 761 is the standard for a second-generation L-band satellite data unit, also called Swift64 by operator Inmarsat.
  • ARINC 763 is the standard for a generic avionics file server and wireless access points.
  • ARINC 767 defines a combined recorder unit capable of data and voice.
  • ARINC 781 is the standard for a third-generation L-band satellite data unit, also called SwiftBroadband (SBB) by operator Inmarsat.
  • ARINC 791 defines a K-band satellite data airborne terninal unit.

800 Series

The 800 Series comprises a set of aviation standards for aircraft, including fiber optics used in high-speed data buses.[7]

  • ARINC 801 through 807 define the application of fiber optics on the aircraft.
  • ARINC 811 was published to facilitate a common understanding of information security concepts as they relate to airborne networks, and provides a framework for evaluating the security of airborne networked systems.
  • ARINC 812 is a standard for the integration of galley inserts (GAIN) in the galley[8]
  • ARINC 816 defines a database for airport moving maps
  • ARINC 817 defines a low-speed digital video interface
  • ARINC 818 defines a high-speed digital video interface standard developed for high bandwidth, low latency, uncompressed digital video transmission.
  • ARINC 821 is a top-level networking definition describing aircraft domains, file servers and other infrastructure.
  • ARINC 822 is the standard for Gatelink.
  • ARINC 823 is a standard for end-to-end datalink encryption.
  • ARINC 825 is a standard for Controller Area Network bus protocol for airborne use.
  • ARINC 826 is a protocol for avionic data loading over a Controller Area Network bus.
  • ARINC 827 specifies a crate format for electronic distribution of software parts for aircraft. It has recently been adopted. [9]
  • ARINC 828 is an interface standard used to connect an EFB device such as a laptop, to an aircraft.
  • Draft Project Paper 830 will define an application-level messaging protocol for air to ground communications.
  • ARINC 834 defines an aircraft data interface that sources data to Electronic Flight Bags, airborne file servers and the like.
  • ARINC 838 provides a standardized XML description for loadable software parts.
  • Draft Project Paper 839 will define a standard airborne communications management function for IP-based offboard links.
  • ARINC 840 defines the Application Control Interface (ACI) used with an Electronic Flight Bag (EFB)
  • ARINC 841 defines Media Independent Aircraft Messaging
  • Draft Project Paper 842 will provide guidance for usage of digital certificates on airplane avionics and cabin equipment.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aviation committees". ARINC. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  2. ^ "AEEC, AMC, & FSEMC:Aviation Industry Activities Organized by ARINC" (PDF). ARINC. September 2008. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
  3. ^ "What is an ATR Box?".
  4. ^ "Flightgear-users - ARINC 424".
  5. ^ "FAA Standards, Category: Aeronautical".
  6. ^ "ARINC Store, 700 series".
  7. ^ "ARINC Standards store, 800 series".
  8. ^ "Application Note AN-ION-1-0104" (PDF). CAN-based Protocols in Avionics. May 2010.
  9. ^ "ARINC 827 adoption" (PDF). April 9, 2010.
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