Flight Operations and Maintenance Exchanger (FOMAX)

CONNECTIVITY THAT
TUR NS K NOW LE DG E
INTO P OW ER
Put data to work streamlining
your airline operations
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Connected EFB – This capability enables secure connectivity

Flight safety and efficiency – Collect Quick Access Recorder
(QAR), Direct Access Recorder (DAR) and Smart Aircraft

A DVA N TA GES
Conditioning & Monitoring System (ACMS) Recorder (SAR) data
for your tablet EFB and all your applications. Widen your pilots’
as it’s generated and securely transmit it after every flight
situational awareness to increase safety and fuel savings by
for use in your Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA)
making the EFB a strategic, customized data hub.
Fueled with Airbus teamwork programs. Encrypted communications ensure that this sensitive
data stays confidential and secure.
Access the benefits Our optional Airline Operational Control on Personal
Electronic Device (AOC on PED) EFB application lets your pilots
of the digital airline Collins Flight Operations and Maintenance Exchanger (FOMAX)
unit is a line-fit or retrofit system that combines full aircraft
communicate via their on-board EFB with the AOC using any of
G R O U N D SYS T E M S
the communication channels managed by FOMAX. GlobalConnect™ connected airline solutions – FOMAX is
interface device (AID) capabilities into a single hardware,
First, it was the digital pilot. Then the digital aircraft. part of the Collins GlobalConnect family of air-to-ground
software and connectivity solution.
Now, the next chapter of the connected aviation story Software Development Kit (SDK) – A number of popular communications systems that seamlessly manage aircraft
begins: the digital airline. third-party EFB applications have already been tested with connectivity to get your data where it needs to go. GlobalConnect
Integrating into your airline operations systems through
FOMAX to ensure compatibility with the avionics Application is a hosted solution for the integrated operations of your whole
Collins Aerospace hosted services, FOMAX makes available
The digital airline offers long sought capabilities. Programming Interface (API). New vendors and airlines that fleet. This end-to-end connectivity also enables ACARS over IP,
a tremendous amount of usable data. It can help your pilots,
It provides benefits that span your operations by develop their own applications can take advantage of our SDK which moves non-safety traffic from traditional ACARS media
maintenance departments and back offices operate with greater
making it possible to gather, analyze, use and and testing capabilities to get to market quickly and ensure their to IP channels managed by FOMAX. This provides a cost saving
awareness, safety and efficiency.
share the data that proliferates throughout the applications work well with FOMAX. opportunity for data moving to and from the aircraft.
aviation ecosphere. FOMAX is the only total connectivity system that integrates
Our commitment to supporting third-party applications helps our Administrative office – Information flows from each node in
directly with Airbus’ optional Skywise® aviation data platform.
What if your pilots could check their electronic flight customers meet their objectives of streamlining operations and your network to your applications the moment it’s acquired. Our
The reason is simple: we teamed with Airbus throughout
bag (EFB) during flight to get tailored, up-to-the improving cost savings. ground components further integrate your airline operations,
FOMAX’s development, ensuring that the system and platform
minute details on small navigational adjustments that Information Technology (IT) and business intelligence (BI) to save
perform as one.
would save fuel? And those details would be driven by O P E R AT I O N S you time and money across your enterprise.
parameters on weather, ownership and other in-flight See how the elements of this close collaboration can streamline Predictive maintenance – Automating the collection and
aircraft data. FOMAX ground solutions are designed to protect your data
three major areas of your airline. downlinking of the highest value aircraft and engine data
privacy. Security considerations are built into the FOMAX
enables big-data analytics. With FOMAX, you can transition
What if your maintenance department could get an architecture from the start. Collins dedicated security teams
your operations from unscheduled to scheduled and from
automated alert in near real-time indicating that continuously monitor for issues and apply and upgrade any
reactive to proactive.
a specific Line Replaceable Unit (LRU) is reporting security policies needed to protect customer data.
a fault, including relevant diagnostic data? Your
maintenance crew could be ready with the correct
replacement LRU, tooling and procedures to quickly
put the aircraft back in service.

The key to these – and many other benefits – is

connectivity, which enables airlines like yours to
securely and reliably connect a multitude of aircraft
across the skies and on the ground. By making those
aircraft part of your network, you can strategically
manage the data to gain advantages that can
transform your operations.

ON E C OMPA N Y D O E S IT ALL
You can rely on Collins Aerospace as your single source to deliver the right know-how for
your most secure, responsive and capable connectivity system.

• GlobalConnect FOMAX comes complete with its own IT services for airlines

• Cybersecurity software and hardware tested to exceed the latest Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) and regulatory standards

• Decades of experience providing aircraft data networks and communications capabilities

to airlines worldwide

• Expertise in delivering products, systems and services across the entire air-to-ground
spectrum so your system installation and operation will be in good hands from start
to finish
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