Automated Flight Following - AFF Compliance
SatWest
is proud to provide equipment and service that is fully compliant with
all requirements set forth by the US Forest
Service for contractors and goverment projects that require Automated
Flight Following (AFF). Please see the government web site www.aff.gov for
more information.
Equipment
All SkyNode products offered by SatWest are fully comply
with the governments
requirements:
SkyNode
Voice and Tracker (SVT-200) ![]()
SkyNode
S200 Tracker Kit (S200K) ![]()
SkyNode
S200 Tracker Kit with Voice (S200KV) ![]()
Service
Service is provided by Iridium and includes the Sentinel Mapping Services.
Each report from the aircraft includes flight details that can be scheduled
on a periodic, polled, or event-driven process.
Certification of SkyNode Products
Latitude Technologies Corporation (LTC) SkyNode family of Intelligent controller, Satcom products and data networking services, meet or exceed the specified contractual requirements set out for Automated Flight Following (AFF) purposes as defined in the "Current AFF Contract Specifications 01-31-2005" document titled: Certification and Accreditation Criteria, Specification Section Supplement, sections 1 – 3, dated 01/31/2005, provided that all LTC products and services are installed and maintained in accordance with up to date LTC published User Manuals, Guides, Application firmware, and Service Bulletins.
More Information
If you would like to find out more about how SatWest can solve
your Automated Flight Following (AFF) requirements please email
us or
call +1 888.955.2499.
See our overview about Automated Flight Following.

Current Specials
Aircraft Tracking / AFF