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also can stream movies, photos or business
documents from their
devices to cabin displays.
Skybox uses Apple’s
iCloud, Home Sharing,
AirPlay and mirroring features to meet
DRM requirements
and easily integrates
with Rockwell Collins’
Venue high-definition
Rockwell Collins’ Skybox allows passengers
cabin management
to play content stored in the system’s library
on up to 10 Apple iOS devices via Wi-Fi.
system, enabling every
Venue touchscreen
as a Skybox controller. Skybox includes a DLNA server that
can link to a variety of compatible clients available for Android
devices, and also to native DLNA on laptops with Windows
versions 7 and higher. A stand-alone Skybox system also is
available for any business aircraft.
The company also showcased its Airshow application for
mobile devices, which provides a self-contained movingmap application for iPad devices, downloadable in iTunes.
Rockwell Collins said the application leverages the iPad’s
technologies and provides flight data received through an
installed Airshow system and connected to a wireless access
point for real-time airborne position data and other in-flight
information.
To learn more, visit www.rockwellcollins.com.

Satcom Direct
Satcom Direct, a provider of satellite voice, fax, datalink
and Internet communications solutions, introduced attendees
at the AEA Convention to its new Satcom Direct Router, which
the company said is a next-generation aircraft network router,
enhancing cabin communications systems management and
enabling simultaneous use of multiple satellite connections.
Ken Bantoft, founder and vice president of engineering for
the company, presented information on the new product,
highlighting the SDR’s satellite-ready capability, which allows

Satcom Direct Router

simultaneous use of Inmarsat, SwiftBroadband, Swift 64,
Ku-Band and Ka-Band satellite connections with intelligent
traffic control, along with Wi-Fi access and 3G/4G cellular
network connectivity.
Bantoft told attendees the SDR features 802.11n dualband (2.4 + 5.0 GHz) Wi-Fi and is backward-compatible
with the 802.11b/g standard. Four simultaneous wireless
networks will be supported initially, allowing multiple systems
to operate on the aircraft without additional wireless access
points. This allows for separate guest or dedicated VVIP networks. While on the ground, 3G/4G network connectivity is an
option through the SDR, and Satcom Direct offers data plans
for domestic and global roaming through the use of the SDR’s
dual-SIM module.
Satcom Direct’s SDR integrates with various Satcom
Direct services, including AeroV, SD Flight Tracker, SkyTicket,
SkyShield and Aero X/NG, the company’s next-generation
Aero X service, which allows acceleration, compression and
optimization of multiple satellite links and provides data caching over any satellite network. Mobile applications for iPhone
and iPad devices will be available as the router goes into
service. The apps will include onboard cabin services, such
as a moving map, SD Flight Tracker, command and control of
satellite links, plus real-time connection status reporting.
To learn more, visit www.satcomdirect.com.

Shadin Avionics
Shadin Avionics AIS (avionics interface system) Fuel
Flow is the latest addition to the company’s well-established portfolio of Fuel Flow products, according to Trevor
Lund, product manager for Shadin Avionics. He briefed
attendees at the AEA Convention on the new product,
plus the company’s flyTab aircraft interface module, an
iPad-based and hard-wired cockpit interface for electronic
flight bag applications.
Shadin Avionics’ new AIS Fuel Flow is billed as a
“behind the glass” system, which allows fuel flow and additional, related information to appear
on a glass display rather
than on a separate
indicator. The AIS is
billed by the company as a configurable
converter platform,
which provides
application-specific
data conversion and
Shadin Avionics’
AIS Fuel Flow
concentration capabilities. The
AIS Fuel Flow system requires no
panel space and enables Shadin Avionics
Fuel Flow data to be added to primary or secondary flight
displays. Weighing less than a pound, the AIS Fuel Flow
complies with TSO C44d and incorporates DO-178B Level
C software. With it, installers can easily add Fuel Flow to
panel upgrades, combine heading and air data with Fuel
Flow data, plus convert ARINC 429 air data to RS-232.
According to Shadin Avionics, the flyTab aircraft inter-

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