Right, I get that, but that is why I found in humorous, that they would have all of the ground equipment in place without the signal specs sorted out.
I think we are talking about the same thing on the deadlines, and now the 2020 deadline is for ADSB out, and ADSB in is 2030...
I am not skeptical! I am cynical! The ADSB system is already over 50 years old. A 'new' system of ADSB in and out is still based on the same signal, protocal, and syntax. That is why I feel that by 2020, the system will be hopelessly outdated in terms of software, electronics, and the aircraft that use it. We already know that a passenger with an internet connection, can see all of the ADSB aircraft on flight aware, while the crew cannot?
A 2020 aircraft electronic system will look like what....and will have to be downward compatible to the ADSB system?
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