EASA has approved ESG’s STC for 3G/4G mobile communications and cabin Wi-Fi for Airbus EC135 and EC635 helicopters. The STC covers installation of a cabin Wi-Fi hotspot with 3G/4G cellular modem and outside antennas.
Germany’s ESG Elektroniksystem-und Logistik employs more than 2,000 and is a leading provider of security-related electronic and IT systems. The company said it was granted the STC after a series of comprehensive ground and flight tests that ruled out system interference from “all mobile radio frequencies.”
ESG software installed on a Wi-Fi router on board the helicopter enables secure internet network access that can be custom-configured to provide a wide variety of applications, including protected transmission of police mission data, real-time communication of sensitive patient information for medevac operations, secure private communications, or infotainment in helicopter shuttles. ESG said “the STC issued by the EASA also allows for a comparatively fast transfer to other helicopter types.”