The LADR is designed to collect all position information from an aircraft in distress, regardless of the specific nature of the equipment that is installed on the aircraft. Equipment manufacturers or organizations that collect this information directly from the aircraft will therefore need to establish a connection with the LADR in order to provide position information as soon as it becomes available.
In order for a contributor to connect to the LADR the following steps will be needed:
1. Provide evidence of their suitability as a contributor
LADR contributors will be those organizations who either have system solutions meeting the requirements of Annex 6, Part I, 6.18 that have been approved for use by a State; or are able to provide data to the LADR in accordance with the requirements defined by the LADR administrator (ICAO).
Contact may be established with the LADR administrator using the email address aircrafttracking@icao.int in order to start this process. A State in the process of granting an approval to such a contributor may also contact ICAO to initiate this process.
Documentary evidence of the approval of the system, by a State, or the ability of the organization to supply LADR data will be required at this stage.
2. Provide contact details and obtain contributor connection details
Each new contributor will need to provide the contact details of an individual who will be the focal point, responsible to maintain communication between the ICAO administrator and themselves, in order that any information or documents that are required can be sent to the correct person.
Following the nomination of the organization focal point, they will receive a unique contributor code and the latest documentation relating to the LADR API and connection details.
3. Establish connection to the LADR in developmental submitter mode for testing
Following the receipt of the connection documentation, the contributor will then develop their systems to connect to the LADR development area. Eurocontrol, as developer and host, will then contact the contributor to establish a test process by which the contributor can demonstrate that their system meets all of the technical requirements as a data contributor to LADR.
4. Notification of accreditation as a contributor
Following completion of the testing, ICAO will inform the State responsible that the system has been accredited as a contributor to LADR, and inform the contributor directly of their accreditation. Connection to the LADR operational system will then be approved and established.
Contributors who are authorized to provide information to LADR will also gain user access to view data in the LADR, although their access to view data will be limited to data that they have submitted. This is to ensure that they can confirm, directly, that the information transmitted has been successfully received and interpreted and is displayed correctly.
5. Ongoing accreditation
Once accredited, contributors will need to ensure that their system remains in compliance. Changes to the system that could impact the connection to the LADR will need to be documented and submitted for re-accreditation with additional testing being required to verify that there will be no adverse effects on the LADR.
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