B. Keith Peshak

I do not see the need for a $9000 ADS-B out ?transponder replacement? for general aviation by the year 2020. Look at our chip for the Narco Avionics AT-155 transponder. There is a front panel for controls, a microwave receiver to hear ?radar? interrogations, a microwave transmitter to reply, a power supply, and our ?chip?, an Actel 42MX24 FPGA. In the AT-155 you get a free AIS-P out. When the transponder is not busy transponding, it sends out a single short (64 microsecond) Mode S packet that states aircraft position and velocity. Works everywhere right now, ?radar? can listen. The point is not what is out there, is no longer in production, for free. The point is, ADS-B out is an AT-155 with the microwave receiver and front panel controls and microprocessor removed, so why should ADS-B out cost $9000 when the TailLight transponder only costs a few hundred dollars to manufacture. AS-B out should cost half the price of the AT-155, because there is so much costly stuff that doesn?t have to be there. All you need for ADS-B out is the microwave transmitter, a power supply, and ?the chip?, do not need all those front panel controls or the microprocessor or microwave receiver. In order to get the cost down from $9000 for ADS-B out, the TailLight Consortium will make the following offer: The TailLight Consortium will offer, for a $100 license fee, ?the chip? for each ADS-B out. It will be the AT-155 chip, with ATCRBS transponder function removed. That gives you AIS-P out for free, which works everywhere now, and ?radar? can listen ? don?t need new expensive ground equipment. And we will offer it with ADS-B protocol in addition. We offer this with the following improvement: The TailLight AIS-P/ADS-B out will transmit the aircraft ID, which is a part of the ADS-B protocol not a part of the AIS-P protocol (or else it wouldn?t be an ADS-B out, just an AT-155 without a working transponder). Because identity transmission, part of the ADS-B protocol, enables automatic computer generated monthly billing for ?air time?, enables automatic computer generated ticket writing for off-altitude or sticking a wingtip into restricted airspace, enables (and this is the most important part) terrorist exposure to both the air traffic control system and to air travel; we will generate a new unique aircraft identity randomly every time that the aircraft is power up for flight. This improvement will cost nothing, and is a part of the offer. Any questions: B. Keith Peshak Technical Director TailLight Consortium 800 Oak Crest Lane Georgetown, Texas 78628 512-863-0994 keith.peshak@asapchoice.com