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Article: USDA Forest Service Taps Iridium For Automated Flight Following.(contract with Iridium Satellite L.L.C.)(United States. Department of Agriculture)(Brief Article)
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- Satellite News
- Article date:
- July 18, 2005
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Iridium Satellite LLC said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service fitted 200 primarily contract aircraft with Iridium equipment. The aircraft are part of the interagency Automated Flight-Following (AFF) program and are mainly helicopters and light and transport fixed wing-airtankers used for wildland firefighting and other agency missions.
The AFF system automatically tracks and displays location and other associated information for aircraft on operational missions.
Under visual flight rules, aircraft on official missions are required to establish positive ...