FedEx Express selects ACSS' T2CAS for FedEx Express Fokker-27s

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FedEx Express has selected T2CAS produced by Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), an L-3 Communications and Thales joint venture, for its fleet of Fokker-27 aircraft. T2CAS combines aircraft performance-based TAWS (Terrain Awareness Warning System) with the TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision warning system.

Unlike other TAWS products, T2CAS is a true terrain avoidance product that bases its operator alerts on an aircraft's actual ability to climb at a given moment - not based on predetermined computations. T2CAS also reduces weight, power consumption, space requirements, and wiring because it is a combined TCAS and TAWS solution. This allows customers already using TCAS 2000 or ACSS's first generation TCAS II to simply swap the TCAS box for the new T2CAS box and use existing power and wiring.

"The ACSS single LRU solution is especially appealing to us due to the size, weight and space limitations inherent in our feeder aircraft. By combining TCAS and TAWS, we eliminate the need for an additional component on the aircraft," said Mark Blair, vice president of supplemental air operations, FedEx Express.

The TCAS 2000 became the industry's first second-generation TCAS II product when it was launched in 1997. Since then, ACSS has delivered more than 5,000 units. The TCAS 2000 can track aircraft beyond 100 nautical miles and has built-in growth capability for enhancements such as TAWS and Automatic Dependence Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B).

ACSS announced the development of T2CAS(TM) (Terrain and Traffic Collision Avoidance System) at last year's Paris Air Show. Certification is anticipated at the end of this year.

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