Japan Airlines picks Teledyne for data acquisition

Dec. 1, 2005
Designers with Japan Airlines (JAL) in Tokyo needed a data-acquisition tool for their fleet of Boeing 737-800 passenger jet aircraft.

Designers with Japan Airlines (JAL) in Tokyo needed a data-acquisition tool for their fleet of Boeing 737-800 passenger jet aircraft. They found a solution with the enhanced Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit (DFDAU) from Teledyne Controls in Los Angeles.

The DFDAU is an integrated data-acquisition and recording system available for new and retrofit installations on Boeing aircraft. It combines into one unit several functions of traditionally separate systems like the mandatory data-acquisition unit, the data-management unit (DMU) that performs engine/aircraft condition monitoring, and the data-access recorder (DAR). The unit can replace as many as three line-replaceable units and reduce weight, wiring, and rack space.

JAL will also use Teledyne’s ACMS (aircraft condition monitoring system) application software development services.

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“Teledyne’s Enhanced DFDAU will allow us to meet the increasingly demanding requirements for data monitoring for our newer aircraft,” says K. Kato, deputy vice president of the engineering department at JAL. “Additionally, we have collaborated with Teledyne on flight data acquisition programs for many years, and they have an intimate knowledge of our ACMS requirements.”

Japan Airlines is Asia’s largest airline, serving 208 airports in 35 countries with a fleet of about 280 airplanes. The airline flies routes to Tokyo from seven U.S. cities including New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Kona, Hawaii.

For more information, see www.teledynecontrols.com.

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