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Aircraft Video Systems for Security, Safety and Entertainment |
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AD Aerospace of Manchester, England and Atlanta, USA, designs and manufactures the FlightVu range of aerospace video products, including state-of-the-art video security, safety and entertainment systems. In addition to general security applications such as threat detection, physical security and access control, these systems can be used for monitoring activity in the cockpit, passenger cabin, external control surfaces, and for cargo hold surveillance. AD Aerospace was founded in 1995. The first aerospace certified video server was produced for a Defender system for Lufthansa Technik in 1999 and the 8th generation video server is now under development. A major milestone for AD Aerospace was achieving Boeing approved supplier status in early 2001 with the order to fit a video smoke verification system to the entire Swiss Air fleet. This was carried out in response to the Peggy’s Cove disaster and consisted of environmentally protected cameras being fitted throughout inaccessible areas of the aircraft such as the cargo hold, cabin overheads and avionics bay. Cabin and Flight Deck Security In November 2001 AD Aerospace received the first order for video cameras for cockpit door security from JetBlue which would become the first fleet wide fit of a Cockpit Door Monitoring System. These CabinVu systems are now fitted on many more airlines such as easyJet, Britannia, bmi, Hapag Lloyd, MyTravel and Corsair. CabinVu enables the flight deck crew to view the area outside the flight deck door asses any situation and identify personnel before allowing them access to the cockpit. This has become much more important following JAA, FAA and ICAO rulings on the fitting of intruder resistant flight deck doors and provides a solid basis for decision making in critical and life threatening situations. This “entry level” system, consisting of video cameras located over the cockpit door and in the galleys linked to a monitor on the flight deck, is expandable to a full “FlightVu Witness” system, extending the camera coverage throughout the passenger cabin. |
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A Wider View The other systems in the FlightVu range provide security in cargo holds and for parked aircraft or enhance safety with video smoke detection. FlightVu entertainment systems offer IFE (In Flight Entertainment) even on short haul flights with MPEG video servers giving destination information and external cameras mounted on the tail and fuselage providing everyone with “window seat” views. Video for Accident Recorders In conjunction with a major manufacturer of Air Accident Recorders AD Aerospace is working to satisfy the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) requirements for a new generation of accident recorder, which would cover video in the cockpit as well as the traditional audio and data recordings. In carrying out this work, the company is working with the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE) and is instrumental in driving the specifications of future systems. AD Aerospace is a CAA/EASA approved designer and manufacturer of video camera systems for commercial aerospace, and is an approved supplier to The Boeing Company.
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