tibutch's concern
Why build a software engineering team if what you are saying in correct ?
Flyht has always had a software engineering team. Flyht is a software company. They are now expanding it dramatically precisely because of the developments with Boeing and Inmarsat. Mr Schmutz said in the last quarterly report that he wants to continue spending substantial money on R&D because he wants to continally enhance and expand AFIRS capabilities to keep Flyht in the forefront and leader in its space. He wants to make AFIRS something special and extraordinary that everyone will want and need to have. He is partnering with big players to gain traction and momentum.
If you look at the Inmarsat white paper on swiftbroadband- safety you can see the exact duplicate of what
flight does. This was published over a year ago A year and a half after the Malaysia Airline disaster. Inmarsat could not have developed this capability, tested and certified it in such a time frame all the while circumventing Flyht's patents. Its clear they are utilizing Flyht technology. And in the recent trial announcement it is stated that Flyht is supplying the software, support and UpTime server.
You still worry about Cobham and other "avionics providers" having their own systems. They don't. They have nothing like AFIRS. They are involved in the testing by supplying accessory hardware like antennas and terminals. It is AFIRS that will do the data monitoring, analyses, streaming and distress tracking. When you see any of them mentioning the "Blackbox in the Cloud" it is solely an AFIRS capability.
Swiftbroadbands "Blackbox in the Cloud" is an exercise in re-branding. But it involves Flyht with Flyht's consent and technological support.