Originally Posted by
Dont Hang Up
As peekay4 and ATCast have said, this is not an aircraft equipment issue (hotwired or otherwise).
It is simply a clarification that the existing ADS-B transmissions from existing Mode S transponders can be received by satellite. This requires that the 1090MHz frequency is protected in this domain.
It leads the way to an aircraft equipage issue as the next step is to mandate that all aircraft with (name a number of seats) or flying in (name a region type definition) to carry
and operate at all times ADS-B, with extended squitter (for identity). There will be those operators that, for many reasons (eg Security, commercial confidentiality, etc), do not wish to be tracked. This will not be as easy an area to implement as people seem to think. Then of course as the ADS can be disabled from the cockpit, it will not achieve its aims either. No wonder the committee was celebrating
