Company Information

AD Aerospace is a British company, based near Manchester, England, which designs and manufactures a range of aerospace video camera products, including state-of-the-art video security systems. In addition to general airplane security applications such as threat detection, physical security and access control, these systems are used for monitoring activity in the cockpit, passenger cabin and cargo hold.

CabinVu, the latest video camera system in AD Aerospace's successful FlightVu range of airborne security/safety video camera products, offers the flight deck crew an opportunity to assess the situation outside the cockpit door and identify people before allowing them access. This has become increasingly more important following the DfT, FAA and ICAO rulings on the fitting of intruder resistant cockpit doors and provides a basis for decision making in critical and life threatening situations.

The "entry level" system, consisting of a single/multiple video camera(s) located outside the cockpit door and a dedicated LCD monitor on the flight deck, is expandable to a full "FlightVu Witness" system, extending the camera coverage throughout the passenger cabin. The complete Witness system uses a FlightVu digital video recorder/server to record the images for future use in investigation, analysis and prosecution, and can also be seamlessly integrated with ground based security systems, using wireless "Gatelink" connections to the airport terminal.

AD Aerospace works with selected partner companies to provide customers with high quality products and customer service. AD Aerospace has chosen Aircraft Engineering & Installation Services Inc (AEI), of Orlando, Florida, as our preferred installation designer. AEI have many years of experience in the design of modifications to commercial aircraft, and have offices in the US, UK, and China.

In conjunction with a major manufacturer of Air Accident Recorders AD Aerospace is working to satisfy the requirements for a new generation of Air Accident Recorder, which would cover video in the cockpit as well as the traditional audio and data recordings. In carrying out this work, the company is working with the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment (EUROCAE), which is supported by the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch, the US National Transportation Board, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, French Bureau d'Enquętes Accidents, as well as the FAA, and CAA. AD Aerospace is instrumental in driving the specification of the future Image Recording section of this system.

AD Aerospace is a designer and manufacturer of video camera systems for commercial aerospace with EASA approvals for Manufacturing: UK.21G.2205 and Maintenance: UK.145.00613, and is an approved supplier to The Boeing Company. The company has facilities in Manchester, England, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and in Singapore.

AD Aerospace is a wholly owned subsidiary of AD Holdings PLC, a transcontinental group with over 400 staff worldwide. Other companies in the group include RemGuard - Visual Management, who provide a complete site security service, AD Compliance Services, an electro magnetic test center and AD Aviation is an aircraft private charter company.

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