A 1 GLOBALink/HF Data Link ink SM GLOBAL Program Update Prepared For: ICAO WG-M December 2000 AMCPWGM1- WP20

A 2 GLOBALink/HF - Beginnings October 1998 u 3 ground stations San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Molokai, Hawaii, U.S.A. Reykjavik, Iceland u 2 customers Cathay Pacific(1) B Lufthansa Cargo(5) MD-11F u 1,007 kilobits of traffic passed

A 3 GLOBALink/HF - Now December 2000 u 12 Ground Stations San Francisco, California, U.S.A. Molokai, Hawaii, U.S.A. Reykjavik, Iceland Riverhead, New York, U.S.A Auckland, New Zealand Hat Yai, Thailand Shannon, Ireland Johannesburg, South Africa Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A. Krasnoyarsk, Russia Santa Cruz, Bolivia Guam

A 4 GLOBALink/HF - December 2000 Continued u 20 customers Over 115 HFDL-equipped aircraft Aircraft added at rate of 2-3 per month since January 2000 u Over 36,000 kilobits of traffic passed 91% increase in traffic since January 2000

A 5 GLOBALink/HF Flight Tracks (9/00)

A 6 GLOBALink/HF Coverage - December 2000 HF Ground Stations (12) Alaska Bolivia California + Guam (12/5) Hawaii Iceland Ireland New York New Zealand Russia South Africa Thailand Legend HFDL ground station Areas of Primary coverage Areas of Secondary coverage

A 7 GLOBALink/HF Growth Trend

A 8 GLOBALink/HF Uplink Performance (System Wide)

A 9 Service Enhancements u North Polar coverage Implemented October 2000 HFDL is the only data link available for North Polar operations u Adaptive frequency management ARINC partnered with Radio Propagation Service, Inc. (RPSI) for adaptive frequency management ­RPSI algorithms optimize coverage by controlling the daily/hourly operating frequencies at all HFDL ground stations u New Ground Stations Sites (1Q 2001) Bahrain Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

A 10 Legend HF Ground Stations (14) Alaska + Bahrain Bolivia California + Canary Islands Guam Hawaii Iceland Ireland New York New Zealand Russia South Africa Thailand HFDL ground station Areas of Primary coverage Areas of Secondary coverage GLOBALink/HF Coverage - March 2001

A 11 Service Enhancements ATS Validation u Trials begin December 2000 Participants ­NavCanada ­Continental Airlines Message set ­Waypoint position report via HFDL to CADS to NavCanada ­B configured for fully automatic generation and transmission of message - ADS u Planned ATS applications Automatic Dependent Surveillance (ADS) Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) Implement through trials and demonstrations with HFDL- equipped aircraft in 2001

A 12 Service Enhancements u Industry Standards ICAO SARPS - Published RTCA MOPS - Completed, approval expected 12/00 MASPS - Planned completion 9/01 u HFDL Performance Monitoring Begin performance evaluation by region with NATS ADS Trials Monitor / Track Avionics Performance Goal: Meet or Exceed customer / CAA requirements u ARINC HFDL Points of Contact: Rob Renoud GLOBALink/HF Program Manager Telephone Michelle Kyle HFDL Business Manager Telephone