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ARINC

Industry	Airports, aviation, defense, government, healthcare, networks, security, and transportation
Founded	1929 as Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated
Fate	Acquired
Headquarters	Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States; Formerly Annapolis, Maryland, United States
Revenue	$919 million USD (2006).
Owner	Collins Aerospace
Number of employees	3,200
Website	rockwellcollins.com

Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated (ARINC), established in 1929, was a major provider of transport communications and systems engineering solutions for eight industries: aviation, airports, defense, government, healthcare, networks, security, and transportation. ARINC had installed computer data networks in police cars and railroad cars and also maintains the standards for line-replaceable units.^{[citation needed]}

ARINC was formerly headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and had two regional headquarters in London, established in 1999 to serve the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, and Singapore, established in 2003 for the Asia Pacific region. ARINC had more than 3,200 employees at over 120 locations worldwide.

The sale of the company by Carlyle Group to Rockwell Collins was completed on December 23, 2013, and from November 2018 operating as part of Collins Aerospace.

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ARINC was incorporated in 1929 as Aeronautical Radio, Incorporated. It was chartered by the Federal Radio Commission (which later became the Federal Communications Commission) in order to serve as the airline industry's single licensee and coordinator of radio communication outside of the government. The corporation's stock was held by four major airlines of the day. Through most of its history, ARINC was owned by airlines and other aviation-related companies such as Boeing until the sale to The Carlyle Group in October 2007.

Not much later ARINC took on the responsibility for all ground-based, aeronautical radio stations and for ensuring station compliance with Federal Radio Commission (FRC) rules and regulations. Using this as a base technology, ARINC expanded its contributions to transport communications as well as continuing to support the commercial aviation industry and U.S. military.

ARINC also developed the standards for the trays and boxes used to hold standard line-replaceable units (like radios) in aircraft. This subsequently allowed electronics to be rapidly replaced without complex fasteners or test equipment.

In 1978 ARINC introduced ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System), a datalink system that enables ground stations (airports, aircraft maintenance bases, etc.) to upload data (such as flight plans) and download data (such as fuel quantity, weight on wheels, flight management system (FMS) data), via an onboard Communications Management Unit (CMU).

ARINC has expanded its business in aerospace and defense through its ARINC Engineering Services subsidiary. With the sale of the company to Rockwell Collins, the ARINC Engineering Services subsidiary split into Commercial Aerospace and Defense Services. The Defense Services branch was then purchased by Booz Allen Hamilton, remaining part of the Carlyle group.^[1]

The sale of a Standards Development Organization (SDP) to a corporate sponsor raised concerns of conflict of interest and resulted in the sale of the ARINC Industry Activities (IA) Division to SAE International in January 2014. It now operates under the SAE Industry Technologies Consortia (SAE ITC).^[2][3]

United Technologies completed its acquisition of Rockwell Collins in November 2018 and merged it with its UTC Aerospace Systems to form Collins Aerospace.

Though known for publishing "ARINC Standards", this role is independent of ARINC commercial activities.

ARINC services include:

• ACARS – a digital datalink system for transmission of short, relatively simple messages between aircraft and ground stations via radio or satellite
• AviNet Global Data Network - formerly known as the ARINC Data Network Service (ADNS)
• Air/Ground Domestic Voice Service
• Air/Ground International Voice Service
• Airport Remote Radio Access System (ARRAS)
• vMUSE – Multi-User Systems Environment for shared passenger check-in at airports
  • Complies with the Common-Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) and Common Use Passenger Processing System (CUPPS) standards
• SelfServ – common use self-service passenger check-in kiosks for Airports
• OnVoy – Internet-based passenger check-in system for use at off-airport locations such as hotels, cruise ships and convention centers
• AirVue – Flight Information Display System (FIDS) for airports
  • Also called Electronic Visual Information Display System (EVIDS)
• AirDB – Airport Operational Database Base (AODB)
• AirPlan by ARINC - Resource Management System (RMS)
• VeriPax – Passenger Reconciliation System (PRS) validates passengers at security checkpoints
• Centralized Flight Management Computer Waypoint Reporting System (CFRS)
• Satellite Navigation and Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (SATNAV and ATCALS)
• ARINC Wireless Interoperable Network Solutions (AWINS) – connects all types of radio and telephone systems including standard UHF and VHF analog radios, mobile digital, voice over IP systems, ship-to-shore, air-ground, standard phones, and push-to-talk cellular.
• ABMS Border Management Systems – delivering a full stay management capability, screening all travellers before travel, and managing visitors throughout their stay.
• In Flight Broadband – offering in-flight connectivity to passengers and crew in conjunction with SwiftBroadband.
• AviSec – passenger data transfer and Advanced Passenger Information System.
• Advanced Information Management (AIM) User Interface^[4]
• Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure^[5]

• Annex: Acronyms and abbreviations in avionics
• RTCA
• AeroMobile
• Airline teletype system

• aviation-ia ARINC website