AD Aerospace
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AD Aerospace plc is a British
aerospace
company based in Preston Brook, Cheshire. It specialises in video security systems, safety systems and fire detection systems for airliners.
Products include Cockpit
Door Monitoring Systems link to monitors or Electronic Flight Bags
and Cargo Security systems watching out for and recording baggage theft or cargo tampering and producing court admissible evidence.
AD Aerospace is a British company, based in Manchester
, UK and Atlanta, USA, which 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 services and for cargo hold surveillance.
AD Group, its parent company, traces its roots back to 1982 with the founding of the UK CCTV giant Dedicated Micros (DM) the world leader in multi channel digital video recorder
s (DVR) and inventor of the world’s first video multiplexer. This technology has been further developed for the transport industry by AD Aerospace and AD Network Video, which deals with ground based vehicles. It is calculated that globally 7 million images a second are captured on DVRs from AD Holdings.
AD Aerospace was founded in 1995 to transfer the group’s expertise to the aerospace sector and Mike Horne was bought in as Managing Director due to his many years’ experience of video systems for use in hazardous environments.
AD Aerospace Ltd., is the parent company of Innovative Sensor Developments (ISD), designer of video system for Rugged and Mobile Military Applications. ISD’s products include the DACIC Long Range Surveillance
dual wide and narrow Field of View Camera and the VAMP family of gun sight cameras for armoured vehicles and remote weapon stations.
The first aerospace
certified video server was produced for a FlightVu 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.
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, Thomsonfly, bmi, Hapag Lloyd, SAMA, Hong Kong Express and Corsair.
AD Aerospace has supplied Cargo Surveillance systems to Boeing for use on the B747-400 Dreamlifter to monitor the status of the B787 Dreamliner’s fuselage parts in transit. AD is also a production partner for Flight Deck Entry Video Surveillance systems on B737, B747, B757, B767 and B777.
A key product for the retrofit market is CabinVu, which 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. The complete Witness system uses a FlightVu digital video recorder/server to record the images for future use in investigation, analysis and prosecution, and can also be seamlessly integrated with ground based security systems, using wireless “Gatelink” connections to the airport terminal.
The other systems in the FlightVu range provide security in cargo/baggage holds and for parked aircraft or enhance safety with video smoke detection. FlightVu entertainment systems offer IFE even on short haul flights with external cameras providing everyone with “window seat” views.
AD Aerospace is a designer and manufacturer of video camera systems for commercial aerospace with EASA approvals for Manufacturing: UK.21G.2205 and Maintenance: UK.145.00613, and is an approved supplier to The Boeing Company
. The company has facilities in Manchester
, England
, Atlanta, Georgia
, USA and in Singapore
.
AD Aerospace Customers include
Boeing
, British Airways
, AirAsia
, Philippine Airlines
, Hong Kong Airlines, Sama Airlines
, EasyJet
, HapagFly, Continental Airlines
, Astraeus Airlines, JetBlue Airways
, LiveTV
, Qinetiq
, Germania
, BMI
, Corsairfly
, Lufthansa
, Air Harrods
, Swiss International Air Lines
, Thomsonfly
, Hainan Airlines
, Skymark Airlines
United Kingdom
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aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
company based in Preston Brook, Cheshire. It specialises in video security systems, safety systems and fire detection systems for airliners.
Products include Cockpit
Cockpit
A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft. Most modern cockpits are enclosed, except on some small aircraft, and cockpits on large airliners are also physically separated from the cabin...
Door Monitoring Systems link to monitors or Electronic Flight Bags
Electronic flight bag
Electronic Flight Bag is an electronic information management device that helps flight crews perform flight management tasks more easily and efficiently with less paper...
and Cargo Security systems watching out for and recording baggage theft or cargo tampering and producing court admissible evidence.
AD Aerospace is a British company, based in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, UK and Atlanta, USA, which designs and manufactures the FlightVu range of aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
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 services and for cargo hold surveillance.
AD Group, its parent company, traces its roots back to 1982 with the founding of the UK CCTV giant Dedicated Micros (DM) the world leader in multi channel digital video recorder
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder , sometimes referred to by the merchandising term personal video recorder , is a consumer electronics device or application software that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card or other local or networked mass storage device...
s (DVR) and inventor of the world’s first video multiplexer. This technology has been further developed for the transport industry by AD Aerospace and AD Network Video, which deals with ground based vehicles. It is calculated that globally 7 million images a second are captured on DVRs from AD Holdings.
AD Aerospace was founded in 1995 to transfer the group’s expertise to the aerospace sector and Mike Horne was bought in as Managing Director due to his many years’ experience of video systems for use in hazardous environments.
AD Aerospace Ltd., is the parent company of Innovative Sensor Developments (ISD), designer of video system for Rugged and Mobile Military Applications. ISD’s products include the DACIC Long Range Surveillance
Long Range Surveillance
Long Range Surveillance units are specially trained elite Surveillance units of the United States Army that are employed by Military Intelligence Units for gathering information from deep within hostile territories....
dual wide and narrow Field of View Camera and the VAMP family of gun sight cameras for armoured vehicles and remote weapon stations.
The first aerospace
Aerospace
Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space...
certified video server was produced for a FlightVu 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.
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, Thomsonfly, bmi, Hapag Lloyd, SAMA, Hong Kong Express and Corsair.
AD Aerospace has supplied Cargo Surveillance systems to Boeing for use on the B747-400 Dreamlifter to monitor the status of the B787 Dreamliner’s fuselage parts in transit. AD is also a production partner for Flight Deck Entry Video Surveillance systems on B737, B747, B757, B767 and B777.
A key product for the retrofit market is CabinVu, which 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. The complete Witness system uses a FlightVu digital video recorder/server to record the images for future use in investigation, analysis and prosecution, and can also be seamlessly integrated with ground based security systems, using wireless “Gatelink” connections to the airport terminal.
The other systems in the FlightVu range provide security in cargo/baggage holds and for parked aircraft or enhance safety with video smoke detection. FlightVu entertainment systems offer IFE even on short haul flights with external cameras providing everyone with “window seat” views.
AD Aerospace is a designer and manufacturer of video camera systems for commercial aerospace with EASA approvals for Manufacturing: UK.21G.2205 and Maintenance: UK.145.00613, and is an approved supplier to The Boeing Company
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
. The company has facilities in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, USA and in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
.
AD Aerospace Customers include
Boeing
Boeing
The Boeing Company is an American multinational aerospace and defense corporation, founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. Boeing has expanded over the years, merging with McDonnell Douglas in 1997. Boeing Corporate headquarters has been in Chicago, Illinois since 2001...
, British Airways
British Airways
British Airways is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom, based in Waterside, near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. British Airways is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size, international flights and international destinations...
, AirAsia
AirAsia
AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian-based low-cost airline. AirAsia is Asia's largest low-fare, no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 400 destinations spanning 25 countries. Its main hub is the Low-Cost...
, Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines
Philippine Airlines, Inc. operating as Philippine Airlines, is a flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered in the Philippine National Bank Financial Center in Pasay City, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the first and oldest commercial airline in Asia operating under its original name...
, Hong Kong Airlines, Sama Airlines
Sama Airlines
Sama LelTayaran Company Limited, operating as Sama, was a Saudi low-cost airline based at King Fahad International Airport, Dammam operating scheduled flights within Saudi Arabia and the Middle East. The airline's registered address was in Riyadh....
, EasyJet
EasyJet
EasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom-based airline, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 500 routes between 118 European, North African, and West Asian airports...
, HapagFly, Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines
Continental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
, Astraeus Airlines, JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways
JetBlue Airways Corporation is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Forest Hills neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens. Its main base is John F. Kennedy International Airport, also in Queens....
, LiveTV
LiveTV
LiveTV is a major provider of airline in-flight entertainment systems. Originally a joint venture of Harris Corporation and BE Aerospace , it is now a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation...
, Qinetiq
QinetiQ
Qinetiq is a British global defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former UK government agency, Defence Evaluation and Research Agency , when it was split up in June 2001...
, Germania
Germania (airline)
Germania Fluggesellschaft mbH, operating as Germania, is an airline with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany. It operates scheduled and chartered flights and aircraft lease services...
, BMI
Bmi (airline)
British Midland Airways Limited , is an airline based at Donington Hall in Castle Donington in the United Kingdom, close to East Midlands Airport, and a fully owned subsidiary of Lufthansa...
, Corsairfly
Corsairfly
Corsair S.A. trading as Corsairfly, is an airline based in Rungis, France. It is currently the second largest French airline after Air France and operates international scheduled and charter services to 62 European destinations, the French overseas territories, Africa and North America...
, Lufthansa
Lufthansa
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is the flag carrier of Germany and the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried. The name of the company is derived from Luft , and Hansa .The airline is the world's fourth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried, operating...
, Air Harrods
Air Harrods
Air Harrods Limited is the aircraft charter arm of the Mohamed Al Fayed owned Harrods company. Based at London Stansted Airport, Air Harrods operates a fleet of helicopters liveried in green and gold; colours commonly associated with the Harrods name...
, Swiss International Air Lines
Swiss International Air Lines
Swiss International Air Lines AG is the principal airline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Airport...
, Thomsonfly
Thomsonfly
Thomsonfly was a British airline, previously known as Britannia and a business within TUI UK prior to September 2007. Following TUI UK merging with First Choice Holidays in September 2007 it became part of TUI Travel PLC...
, Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines
Hainan Airlines Company Limited is an airline headquartered in the HNA Development Building in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. It is the largest privately-owned air transport company and the fourth-largest airline in terms of fleet size in the People's Republic of China...
, Skymark Airlines
Skymark Airlines
is a low-cost airline headquartered at Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled passenger services within Japan...