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WSI and Avidyne Announce Global Weather Datalink Partnership
ANDOVER, Mass. --(Business Wire)-- WSI Corporation (www.wsi.com) today announced that it has partnered with Avidyne to deliver global datalink weather capabilities. WSI will provide global weather content for the Avidyne MLX770 service, which utilizes the Iridium satellite network. Global METARs, TAFs, Lightning, Winds and Temperatures aloft data will be accessible, in addition to enhanced weather radar coverage, which now includes Europe and Australia. The Avidyne MLX770 service is compatible with both Avidyne multi-function displays (MFDs) and the WSI InFlight Display Client for electronic flight bags (EFBs).
"Through this partnership with Avidyne, international aircraft operators can now enjoy the safety and operational benefits of WSI aviation weather that was previously available only in North America," said Mark D. Miller, Vice President and General Manager of WSI's Aviation Business. "WSI and Avidyne first partnered in 2007 to develop the AV-300 and AV-350 which are our SIRIUS Satellite-based InFlight datalink receivers. Because of our many years experience providing weather decision-making products to the commercial airlines, WSI is ideally positioned to provide global weather to Avidyne customers via the MLX770," continued Miller.
WSI is developing version 5.1 of its InFlight display software which will integrate the Avidyne MLX770 service. World-wide geography, product selection and communications channel management will be incorporated in this software release. The new InFlight client will be able to manage and depict weather information from both the WSI AV-300/AV-350 broadcast receivers and Avidyne's MLX770 Iridium-based receiver. "We provide a consistent experience for customers, regardless of the communications link being used," stated Paul Devlin, Product Manager for WSI InFlight. "As an example, flight crew can now seamlessly switch from the WSI InFlight SIRIUS link when over the U.S. to the MLX770 as they travel to Europe," continued Devlin.
The MLX700 service is on display at WSI's booth, number 4476, at this week's National Business Aviation Association convention in Orlando, FL. Live weather information for Europe can be viewed on both an Avidyne MFD and an EFB running the new WSI InFlight 5.0 software.
About WSI InFlight
WSI InFlight provides a continuous stream of aviation weather information to your portable or panel-mounted display with complete coverage and content for the majority of North America and the Caribbean at any altitude. WSI InFlight delivers the most accurate, up-to-date weather and related mission critical aviation information to any aircraft equipped with the WSI InFlight antenna and receiver including the industry's highest quality radar mosaic, WSI NOWrad(R), Radar Summary with storm cell height, speed of movement and direction, lightning data from the long range United States Precision Lightning Network (USPLN), cloud tops and Canadian radar. WSI's aviation weather content also delivers icing levels, surface analyses, winds and temperatures aloft, graphical and textual METARs, TAFs, SIGMETs, AIRMETs, TFRs, PIREPs and city forecasts directly to the cockpit.
About Avidyne
Avidyne's continuing leadership in innovation and its Flying Made Simple(TM) system design make flying safer, more accessible and more enjoyable for pilots and their passengers. The company's expanding line of products include the industry-leading Entegra integrated flight deck systems for new and existing aircraft, datalink-capable EX5000 and EX500 multi-function displays and the dual-antenna TAS600 series of active traffic advisory systems, the MLB700 broadcast datalink receiver, the MLX770 world-wide datalink transceiver, and the TWX670 Tactical Weather Detection system. Headquartered in Lincoln, MA, the company has facilities in Columbus, OH, Melbourne, FL, and Boulder, CO.
About WSI Corporation
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven business solutions for professionals in the aviation, media and energy markets. WSI provides the world's most innovative and trusted decision-support solutions for aviation professionals through every phase of flight. WSI's pre-flight briefing solutions include WSI Pilotbrief(R) which was recently voted #1 by professional pilots for the 9th year in a row. Daily, thousands of aviation professionals around the world trust the WSI Pilotbrief system, at the nation's top FBOs and corporate flight departments and the WSI InFlight(R) cockpit weather system to provide them with the necessary information to plan safe flights. WSI also supplies cockpit weather services via the Flight Information Service for the FAA pilot programs involving Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B), including Capstone and SafeFlight 21. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with offices in Birmingham, England, WSI is a member of The Weather Channel Companies.
For more information call (800) USA-2FLY, or visit: www.wsi.com.
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