please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message arinc industry airports aviation defense government healthcare networks security and transportation fate acquired founded 1929 as aeronautical radio incorporated headquarters cedar rapids iowa united states ; formerly annapolis maryland united states revenue 919 million usd 2006 . owner rockwell collins number of employees 3 200 website rockwellcollins.com aeronautical radio incorporated arinc established in 1929 is a major provider of transport communications and systems engineering solutions for eight industries aviation airports defense government healthcare networks security and transportation . arinc has 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 has 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 has more than 3 200 employees at over 120 locations worldwide . previously owned by the carlyle group in august 2013 it was announced that the company would be sold to rockwell collins . the sale was completed on december 23 2013 . contents 1 history 2 activities and services 2.1 standardization and arinc industry activities 2.2 arinc services 3 standards 3.1 400 series 3.2 500 series 3.3 600 series 3.4 700 series 3.5 800 series 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message 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 . these permit 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 . activities and services edit though known for publishing arinc standards this role is independent of arinc commercial activities . standardization and arinc industry activities edit arinc industry activities involve three aviation committees 1 2 aeec airlines electronic engineering committee develop the arinc standards amc avionics maintenance conference organize the annual avionics maintenance conference fsemc flight simulator engineering & maintenance conference organize the annual fsemc conference . arinc services edit 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 inconjunction with swiftbroadband . avisec passenger data transfer and advanced passenger information system . standards edit the arinc standards are prepared by the airlines electronic engineering committee aeec where rockwell collins and other aviation suppliers serve as a contributor in support of their airline customer base . an abbreviated list follows . 400 series edit the 400 series describes guidelines for installation wiring data buses and databases . arinc 404 defines air transport rack atr form factors for avionics equipment installed in many types of aircraft . it defines air transport equipment cases and racking . 3 arinc 424 is an international standard file format for aircraft navigation data . arinc 429 is the most widely used data bus standard for aviation . electrical and data format characteristics are defined for a two wire serial bus with one transmitter and up to 20 receivers . the bus is capable of operating at a speed of 100 kbit s. 500 series edit the 500 series describes older analog avionics equipment used on early jet aircraft such as the boeing 727 douglas dc 9 dc 10 boeing 737 and 747 and airbus a300 . 600 series edit the 600 series are reference standards for avionics equipment specified by the arinc 700 series arinc 600 is the predominant avionics packaging standard introducing the avionics modular concept unit mcu arinc 604 is a standard and guidance for the purpose of designing and implementing built in test equipment . the standard also describes the centralized fault display system . 4 arinc 610b provides guidance for use of avionics equipment and software in simulators . arinc 615 is a family of standards covering data loading commonly used for transferring software and data to or from avionics devices . the arinc 615 standard covers data loading over arinc 429 . arinc 615a is a standard that covers a data loading protocol which can be used over various bus types such as ethernet can and arinc 664 . arinc 618 is a standard that covers a data transmission protocol called character oriented protocol . arinc 619 is a standard that covers a data transmission protocol over arinc 429 called bit oriented protocol . arinc 620 is a standard that covers a data transmission protocol called datalink ground system . arinc 624 is a standard for aircraft onboard maintenance system oms . it uses arinc 429 for data transmission between embedded equipments . arinc 625 is an industry guide for component test development and management . it provides a standard approach for quality management of test procedure generation within the commercial air transport industry . arinc 629 is a multi transmitter data bus protocol where up to 120 terminals can share the same bus . it is installed on the boeing 777 . arinc 633 is the air ground protocol for acars and ip networks used for aoc data exchanges between aircraft and the ground . arinc 635 defines the protocols for the hfdl network of radios used for communication and messaging between aircraft and hf ground stations . arinc 653 is a standard real time operating system rtos interface for partitioning of computer resources in the time and space domains . the standard also specifies application program interfaces apis for abstraction of the application from the underlying hardware and software . arinc 660 defines avionics functional allocation and recommended architectures for cns atm avionics . arinc 661 defines the data structures used in an interactive cockpit display system cds and the communication between the cds and user applications . the gui definition is completely defined in binary definition files . the cds software consists of a kernel capable of creating a hierarchical gui specified in the definition files . the concepts used by arinc 661 are similar to those used in user interface markup languages . arinc 664 defines the use of a deterministic ethernet network as an avionic databus in modern aircraft like the airbus a380 sukhoi superjet 100 and the boeing 787 dreamliner . arinc 665 this standard defines standards for loadable software parts and software transport media . 700 series edit the 700 series describes the form fit and function of avionics equipment installed predominately on transport category aircraft . 5 arinc 702a defines the flight management systems fms arinc 704 defines the inertial reference system irs . arinc 708 is the standard for airborne weather radar . it defines the airborne weather radar characteristics for civil and military aircraft . arinc 709 defines distance measuring equipment dme arinc 717 defines the acquisition of flight data for recording arinc 718 describes an air traffic control transponder atcrbs mode s arinc 724b defines the aircraft communications addressing and reporting system acars arinc 735b defines the traffic computer with traffic alert and collision avoidance system tcas arinc 738 defines an integrated air data inertial reference unit adiru arinc 739 is the standard for a multi purpose control and display unit mcdu and interfaces . arinc 740 defines airborne printers arinc 741 is the standard for a first generation l band satellite data unit . arinc 743a defines a gnss receiver arinc 744a defines a full format airborne printer arinc 746 is the standard for a cabin telecommunications unit based on q. 931 and cept e1 . arinc 747 defines a flight data recorder fdr arinc 750 defines a vhf digital radio arinc 755 defines a multi mode receiver mmr for approach and landing arinc 756 defines a gnss navigation and landing unit arinc 759 defines an aircraft interface device aid arinc 760 defines a gnss navigator arinc 757 defines a cockpit voice recorder cvr arinc 761 is the standard for a second generation l band satellite data unit also called swift64 by operator inmarsat . arinc 763 is the standard for a generic avionics file server and wireless access points . arinc 767 defines a combined recorder unit capable of data and voice . arinc 781 is the standard for a third generation l band satellite data unit also called swiftbroadband sbb by operator inmarsat . arinc 771 is under development 2015 now for second generation l band satellite data unit also called iridium next by operator iridium arinc 791 defines ku and ka band satellite data airborne terminal equipment . 800 series edit the 800 series comprises a set of aviation standards for aircraft including fiber optics used in high speed data buses . 6 arinc 801 through 807 define the application of fiber optics on the aircraft . arinc 810 is a standard for the integration of aircraft galley inserts and associated interfaces title definition of standard interfaces for galley insert gain equipment physical interfaces . arinc 811 provides a common understanding of information security concepts as they relate to airborne networks and provides a framework for evaluating the security of airborne networked systems .