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Aimee Turner

U.S. sensor business Teledyne Controls returned home from the Aircraft Interiors Expo&nbsp;in Hamburg, Germany, this week with a prestigious 2023 Crystal Cabin Award for its contributions to health and safety. The company was honored for its Aces cabin environment monitoring system, which allows aircraft operators to monitor, measure, and analyze air quality in both the cabin and the flight deck, checking for potentially harmful contaminants.
Also during the show, Teledyne launched an app that it expects will make the Aces system more useful for private&nbsp;aviation customers. The technology has already been FAA certified for use on Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies and has been installed for four carriers in the U.S., UK, and Australia. Teledyne's head of sales and marketing Steve Quimby said that he expects the system to be installed in a business jet&nbsp;before NBAA-BACE&nbsp;in October.
Aces monitors several parameters in real-time and relays the data directly to ground stations using laboratory-standard sensors to check not only humidity and temperature levels but airborne particulates, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone, as well as volatile organic compounds. As soon as the aircraft is powered up, Aces performs continuous air sensing and monitoring and records data that is stored in the Aces onboard units.
That real-time data can now be viewed through an Aces mobile app that was developed earlier this year. This allows the data recorded in real-time by the Aces onboard devices to be viewed on mobile devices such as iPads, providing passengers with instant access to the air quality index&nbsp;in the aircraft along with snapshots of key monitored parameters.&nbsp;
“From a business aviation standpoint," he said, "it's about comfort, it's about style. Aces offers the passenger the opportunity to be able to see the cabin environment including the temperature, the humidity, and the pressurization. As they’re flying at higher altitudes, this can give passengers traveling in a business jet that comfort of being able to ask the pilot to adapt the conditions in the cabin.”&nbsp;
While the system provides new insights into cabin air quality, the Crystal Cabin jury also lauded Aces’ ability to reduce airline maintenance costs and aircraft downtime by allowing operators to validate repairs onboard with no additional sensor systems required.&nbsp;Aces&nbsp;transmits the data itself without relying on any other aircraft connectivity systems. This&nbsp;transfer happens seamlessly and securely via Aces’ built-in wireless module, which works with both cellular (4G LTE) and Wi-Fi networks when the aircraft is on the ground enabling the operator to identify emerging issues and document maintenance efforts.&nbsp;
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