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Aireon Does Canadian Validation Testing of ADS-B System

Aireon and Canadian civil air navigation system operator Nav Canada ran one of two planned validation test flights of a satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system, Aireon said in a news release Wednesday. Along with that March flight, Aireon said…

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it also did validation flights in March with Polaris Flight Systems and the Federal Aviation Administration (see 1704260047). Aireon said it expects its satellite-based ADS-B system to be operational in 2018, after the completion of the Iridium Next constellation.