Calgary, Alberta – November 14, 2011 — AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (TSX-V: AMA) (“AMA” or the “Company”), today will ship the first three production units of the next generation Automated Flight Information Reporting System (“AFIRSTM”) 228B to customers for implementation and integration testing. Continue reading
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AeroMechanical Services Announces Successful AFIRS 228 Demonstration Flight
Calgary, Alberta – May 17, 2011 — AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (TSX-V: AMA) (the “Company” or “AMA”) is pleased to announce that its next generation Automated Flight Information Reporting System (“AFIRS”), the AFIRSTM 228B, has been successfully installed and demonstrated on a Hawker Beechcraft 750 aircraft in Chester, United Kingdom. Continue reading
The return of airships
As part of the examination of aviation history, FLYHT discussed the Hindenburg and the development of lighter-than-air transportation in the blog on April 26th. Zeppelins like the Hindenburg are currently used to cover sporting events, but recent developments of large-scale transportation vehicles are returning with the lighter-than-air and hybrid concepts for transporting large payloads for short and long haul routes. Continue reading
AeroMechanical Services and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority Unveil Flight Tracking Operations Command Centre in Lagos
Calgary, Alberta — April 7, 2011 — AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (TSX-V: AMA) through its FLYHTTM brand, and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) today officially commissioned NCAA’s new Flight Tracking Operations Command Centre (OCC) in Lagos, Nigeria. Continue reading
AeroMechanical Services Receives Repayable Government Investment of $1.96 Million
CALGARY, Alberta–AeroMechanical Services Limited (TSX VENTURE: AMA) (the “Company” or “AMA”) is pleased to announce it will be receiving a significant investment from the Canadian federal government of $1.96 million to assist in the development and certification of the Company’s next-generation, unique, patented Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS™) product. The funding, which AMA is expected to repay over the course of the next 15 years, was granted by the Canadian federal government’s Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative (“SADI”) program. Continue reading
AeroMechanical Services Ltd. Announces Successful Completion of Flight Testing of FlyhtStream™ Live Air-to-Ground Data Streaming aboard Skyservice Airlines Inc. Aircraft
CALGARY, Alberta–AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (“AMA” or the “Corporation”) in a press release dated August 11, 2009, announced that pre-deployment testing had been completed on a new communication technology that has the ability to stream data from aircraft to ground anywhere, anytime, in real-time, and that an aircraft-in-service evaluation would soon be accomplished with an airline customer. AMA is pleased to announce that flight testing has now been completed onboard a number of Skyservice Airlines Inc. (“Skyservice”) aircraft, and has been a resounding success.
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AeroMechanical Services Ltd. Upgrades System for Continuous Aircraft-to-Ground Data Communication
CALGARY–AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (“AMA” or the “Corporation”) is pleased to announce that pre-deployment testing has been completed on new communication technology that has the ability to stream data from aircraft to ground anywhere, anytime, in real-time. AMA and an unnamed customer will perform an aircraft-in-service evaluation of the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (afirs™) Emergency Mode data streaming within the next few weeks.
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AeroMechanical Services Ltd. (AMA) Advanced Aircraft-to-Ground System Upgraded for Continuous Data Streaming
CALGARY–AeroMechanical Services, Ltd has completed testing of an upgrade to its Automated Flight Information Reporting System (afirsTM) that allows continuous streaming of GPS position and aircraft parameter data from aircraft to ground in addition to the currently deployed event-driven reporting of position and selected aircraft data. The prototype development started several years ago with Aloha Airlines, but was interrupted when Aloha ceased operations in 2008. Because of afirsTM’s use of the Iridium satellite constellation and its own GPS receiver, afirsTM can report from any point on the earth to any other point through its internet delivery system.
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