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OneWeb partners with Gogo Business Aviation

eNethersole — Tue, 24 May 2022 07:26:30 +0000

The in-flight connectivity solutions provider will market and sell OneWeb’s high-speed, low latency inflight broadband services to business aviation users globally.

The agreement, OneWeb’s first announced Distribution Partner for the business aviation market, was signed at EBACE between Ben Griffin, Vice President Mobility at OneWeb and, Jim MacDougall Vice President, Product Management for Gogo. The partnership underlines the commitment OneWeb is making to bring high-speed, global connectivity to the entire aviation eco-system which includes business aviation users.

“We’re committed to developing and deploying a high-speed, consistent and global low-latency connectivity solution for the business aviation industry, that has been developed by the business aviation community. Leveraging the experience and expertise of world class partners such as Gogo is consistent with this approach,” said Griffin.

Through the milestone agreement, Gogo will help unleash the power of OneWeb’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation which will deliver a true ‘office in the sky’ broadband experience to business aviation operators and passengers.

OneWeb selected Gogo owing to its reputation, maturity in the market and deep business aviation heritage. Gogo Business Aviation has more than 4,500 narrowband satcom systems installed and flying worldwide, and is a factory option at every major business aircraft manufacturer.

“For more than 30 years, Gogo Business Aviation has been a driving force behind the technological innovations that have connected the skies,” MacDougall commented. “This agreement with OneWeb enables Gogo to continue to disrupt and innovate to bring our customers superior connectivity solutions while expanding our service to a global audience.”

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OneWeb has agreed a long-term distribution partnership agreement with Gogo Business Aviation.

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Bombardier’s sustainable supersonic test to introduce new Global superstar

aPeaford — Mon, 23 May 2022 17:11:49 +0000

With an industry-leading range of 8,000 nautical miles and a top speed of Mach 0.94, the Global 8000 aircraft was described at the Geneva event as the ultimate all-in-one business aircraft, “offering customers a unique blend of outstanding performance married with the smoothest ride and an uncompromising passenger experience”

“Today, Bombardier solidifies once more its position as the leader in business aviation with the newest member of the industry-leading Global family,” said Éric Martel, Bombardier’s president and chief executive officer. “The Global 8000 aircraft leverages the outstanding attributes of the Global 7500 aircraft, providing our customers with a flagship aircraft of a new era. We remain unmatched, which for an innovation-focused team like us, is great.”

Some of the impressive performance capabilities of the new Global 8000 aircraft were witnessed as early as May 2021, following a demonstration flight with a Global 7500 flight test vehicle. The aircraft, accompanied by a NASA F/A-18 chase plane, repeatably achieved speeds in excess of Mach 1.015, a key step in enabling a maximum Mach operating speed (MMO) of M0.94 and becoming the fastest business jet in the world and the fastest in civil aviation since the Concorde. During the demonstration flight, the aircraft also became the first Transport Category airplane to fly supersonic with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

The Global 8000 business jet also features the lowest cabin altitude in its class of 2,900 feet when flying at 41,000 ft. It is also equipped with Bombardier’s Pũr Air and advanced HEPA filter technology for the cleanest cabin air and the fastest fresh air replacement.

The cabin design is impressive with four spacious personalized suites ergonomically designed to maximize space and freedom of movement, the Global 8000 aircraft and includes the revolutionary features introduced on the Global 7500 aircraft such as the Soleil circadian lighting system to help combat jet lag. Coupled with the innovative Nuage seat with the first-ever zero gravity position, Bombardier said passengers will arrive at their destinations revitalized and refreshed.

In the cockpit, the Global 8000 aircraft features the renowned Bombardier Vision flight deck with its next generation fly-by-wire technology and blend of cutting-edge avionics with exceptional ergonomics and aesthetics for remarkable comfort and control.

Performance-wise, the new Global 8000 aircraft can efficiently transport customers to a wide variety of destinations both faster and farther than ever before. allowing exclusive city pairs such as Dubai-Houston.

The new flagship is expected to enter service in 2025.

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Bombardier unveils the newest member of its business jet portfolio at EBACE 2022.

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Bombardier unveiled the newest member of its business jet portfolio at the European Business Aviation Association’s annual event EBACE today, with the introduction of the Global 8000 aircraft claiming it as the world’s fastest and longest-range purpose-built business jet.

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Airbus confirms Honeywell FMS for future fight decks

aPeaford — Fri, 20 May 2022 11:42:45 +0000

The new FMS incorporates connectivity with the outside world, including electronic flight bags (EFB), to ease pilot workload and enhance fuel savings with the use of real-time data.

“This win for Honeywell is a testament to Airbus’ confidence in our avionics systems,” said Jim Currier, president, electronic solutions, Honeywell Aerospace. “The new FMS combines multiple current FMS offerings for Airbus into one single solution for their A320, A330 and A350 platforms. Importantly, the new FMS hardware is 15 times more capable than current hardware and enables a path to future enhancements without hardware changes. “Honeywell has been supplying flight management systems since Airbus’ first A300 went into service, and this win will extend our 35-year partnership well into the future,” he said.

Honeywell’s FMS family has already been deployed by Airbus on the A320, A330, A350 and A380 platforms. The new FMS is being developed to build upon millions of hours of Honeywell’s FMS legacy, with enhanced modularity, advanced functionality, and a multi-core processing platform. At the completion of development, the new FMS will be a standalone federated system, making it easier for operators to support the fleet.

The FMS will be offered as a single standardized hardware and software platform that can be used across the Airbus A320, A330 and A350 aircraft fleet with expected entry into service by end of 2026.

A retrofit solution based on the same core hardware and common software is also planned for the A320 and A330 fleet of aircraft. An FMS provides the primary navigation, flight planning, and optimised route determination and enroute guidance for an aircraft.

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Honeywell’s Flight Management System (FMS) has been selected by Airbus to meet the air traffic management needs of the future A320, A330 and A350 aircraft.

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Why the Time for Open Fan is Now

aPeaford — Fri, 20 May 2022 11:35:52 +0000

Sustainability 20 May 2022

Why the Time for Open Fan is Now

With sustainability the hot topic for the aviation industry, Christopher Lorence, chief engineer & general manager at GE Aviation gives the story behind the Open Fan engine that are making the difference

The a-ha moment came around 2014. At the time I was leading GE Aviation’s advanced technology team, a group of technical engineers whose sole role is to test the boundaries of what’s possible. We were probing the possibilities of improving fuel efficiency with the goal to see how far we could push.

GE had designed and tested open fan designs dating back to the 1980s and we had advanced significantly on that work, but a counter-rotating fan was essentially a given to us at that point. That’s when one of the engineers asked, “Why does it have to counter-rotate? What if it’s single stage?”

It was like a lightbulb went off. One of those moments when you’ve worked on something for so long that you can’t see it any other way, and then someone did. It wasn’t just a breakthrough, it was radical. A single stage fan that wasn’t simply a propeller, but rather one set of rotating fan blades with the same speed and performance of a counter-rotating fan.

As chief engineer of GE Aviation and a GE engineer for the last 27 years, I’ve watched how we’ve incrementally improved fuel efficiency with each successive new commercial aircraft engine design. The LEAP engine*, introduced in 2016, is 15 percent more efficient than CFM56-5B and -7B engines. The GEnx engine is up to 15 percent more efficient than the CF6-80C2, and the GE9X engine has been designed to be up to 10% more efficient than the GE90-115B.

But the push for 20 percent greater fuel efficiency in one generation? That is something different. Engineers like big challenges, and this is certainly one of them.

To address this challenge, CFM International, our 50-50 joint company with Safran, announced the CFM RISE* (Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainable Engines) technology demonstration program back in June, targeting reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by more than 20 percent compared to today’s most efficient engines.

Central to the program is state-of-the-art propulsive efficiency for the engine, including advancing the open fan architecture.

The path to 20% lower fuel consumption

In the past, when we’ve broached the open fan, it’s been in response to rising fuel prices. The technology foundation from our work in the 1970s with NASA’s Quiet Clean Short-Haul Experimental Engine (also known as QCSEE) and in the 1980s with the GE36 open fan is what we are building on today.

With the CFM RISE Program, our engineers are again pushing the limits to develop even more advanced technologies than we have before. What’s different this time is why. We are now at a point in the dialogue where fuel prices aren’t driving the discussion. Instead, we are putting all of our best technology on the table toward an even bigger, more impactful goal — reducing CO2 emissions to achieve a more sustainable aviation industry.

Prior to COP26, the United Nation’s climate conference, I joined other Chief Technology Officers, to issue a joint statement reaffirming our industry’s commitment to achieve industry-wide Air Transport Action Group (ATAG) targets, including the goal of net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. This supports the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5ºC compared to pre-industrial levels.

The CTO statement is four pages long but, in essence, it reflects our promise to relentlessly pursue efficiency. And, quite simply, the open fan architecture is an essential component in GE’s plan to lead in the march toward net zero.

Why open fan?

Over the last 50 years, we’ve learned how to make the open fan engine design simpler and lighter. Stationary outlet guide vanes replace previous two-stage, counter-rotating fan blades in our latest designs. This change is significant because we can direct air flow and fly at speeds consistent with conventional turbofan engine architectures.

More recently, we’ve made significant improvements in acoustics, which had been an inhibiting factor. Open fan acoustics are where we need them to be for commercial service and we are actually on the lower end for noise certification.

Add to that our fourth generation - and the industry’s only - carbon fiber composite fan blades, which are well suited to move to an open fan engine. No one else in the industry has the depth of expertise or composite fan experience that GE Aviation has.

The challenge when you work in advanced technology is coming up with something that is revolutionary, rather than evolutionary. To achieve the bold goals we and the industry are driving toward, revolutionary design is the only solution. And like my colleague pointed out in 2014, when you go from counter-rotating to single-stage, your mind expands. You think, ‘Wow, this is truly revolutionary.’

While ducts (or fan cases/nacelles) perform some aerodynamic function, their primary function is structural. But they weigh a ton. Literally. And when you take most of that weight away with the open fan design, you also remove propulsion drag.

We joke that removing the nacelle lets a fan blade be a fan blade. When there is a nacelle, you have to decide how big you want the fan to be. But when you remove the nacelle, the fan is able to be as big as it needs to be from an aerodynamic standpoint. Even with larger blades, the open fan is not much bigger than the nacelle we have around the CFM LEAP engine today. In fact, the blades for the RISE Program’s open fan are not much bigger than the GE9X fan blades.

The time is now

As the GE Aviation team rises to the aviation industry’s challenge to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, open fan architecture also awakens our collective excitement because it’s an obvious change from the traditional turbofan aircraft engine. This is the most exciting—and the most challenging—time to be an engineer. I tell people just starting their careers in our Edison Engineering Development Program that if they aren’t excited about this program, then they are probably in the wrong place. It takes everything we thought we could do with jet engines previously and says, ‘Nah, we can do better.’

And the time is now. While global aviation produced just 2 percent of human-induced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2019, passenger air traffic is expected to grow in coming years, and it is incumbent upon us to act quickly.

Safety is our top priority. As chief engineer for GE Aviation, I am primarily responsible for product safety. My team and I will ensure that safety supersedes all else during our ground and flight tests for the open fan, and as always, we will work closely with our regulators before it enters into service.

As world leaders gather at COP27, this year taking place in Egypt, to outline climate targets, air transport plays a key role. Open fan architecture is the radical change aviation needs to achieve its goals; we cannot reach them without it.

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Experts at GALF call for consolidating data for formulating policies

eNethersole — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:57:49 +0000

Airports have always been at the forefront of innovation, experimenting new technologies faster than most other industries in their pursuit to enhance operational efficiency and passenger experience, experts said at the Airport Innovation & Development Conference at the Global Airport Leaders’ Forum (GALF) at the Airport Show.

Delivering the keynote address Mohammed K. Al Modaifer, Strategy Management Office director of Matarat Holding, Saudi Arabia, highlighted the role of Matarat during the Covid pandemic and said that “We saw the pandemic as an opportunity to maintain a smooth cargo movement of medicine and food items.”

“We are encouraging public-private partnership to boost the passenger and cargo capacity of our airports. Our aim is to increase the cargo handling capacity from 800,000 tonnes of to 4.5 million tonnes. We are expecting 330 million passengers across the Saudi airports as we recently established a free zone in Riyadh to attract big companies to invest.”

A panel deliberated on the advances in integrated, automated, electric mobility in the airport environment. With the expected boom in aviation over the next few decades, airports, ground handlers and ANSPs will be required to match capacity expansions at airlines. Expansion comes at a huge cost, financially and to the climate. Aviation has therefore been increasingly looking towards integrated, automated, electric mobility to minimize costs and enhance efficiency.

Passengers around the world are becoming increasingly demanding on service levels and experiences at airports. Social media allows travellers to comment, like and dislike their experience and share it with millions instantly.

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Addressing a panel discussion: Adopting data, AI, 5G and robotics to rethink the passenger experience, Tom Eskola, vice president & general manager, Panasonic Avionics Corporation, said: “Today’s technologies in the field of aviation have been playing a major role in the enhancement of passenger experience from planning to setting foot on aircraft to choosing on-board services like entertainment and food.

“Data collected by various technologies are helping the ground staff to improve the services as well as to take necessary advance measures.”

Jacques Khoriaty, Middle East chief commercial officer and Aviation Director, Egis, said: “The connectivity by mobile applications has been playing key role in passenger experience as data generated by various sources are being used to formulate policies.”

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Industry experts participating at the Airport Show in Dubai called for consolidating big data gathered from social media platforms using Artificial Intelligence, robotics for formulating policies to enhance safety measures.

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L3Harris delivers insight to importance of flight data

eNethersole — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:45:47 +0000

The company explained: Advanced recording technology allows cockpit voice (CVR) and flight data recorders (FDR) to capture gigabytes of continuous voice transmissions and data from engines, data acquisition, and avionics.

Flight recorders are essential tools to ensure all voice and flight data are stored in crash-protected memory. The data leading up to the impact provides investigators with the necessary insights to evaluate the causes in the subsequent investigation.

For passenger and military aircraft CVRs and FDRs, the SRVIVR25 family is L3Harris’ newest introduction. SRVIVR25 provides the most data available, delivering over 50 hours of audio and datalink recording and over 140 hours of flight data. This solution exceeds the current and forthcoming global mandates and is line-fit on Airbus platforms and selectable on Boeing platforms.

Given the capabilities of the SRVIVR25 series, some airlines are choosing to upgrade their current fleet because it is an economical direct replacement for ARINC 747 and 757-based recorders with minimal downtime. Additionally, the series offers an integrated CVR Recorder Independent Power (RIPS), meeting mandates while reducing space and weight.

Frequent data retrieval is essential for operators to perform the analysis required to support their safety management systems. L3Harris offers a recorder data interface (RDI) with an intuitive user interface tablet-based designed to download large amounts of data quickly while maintaining data security and privacy for the voice and data files.

Expert analysis harnesses the data intelligently to drive measurable results. L3Harris offers verification and intelligibility reporting with Express Readout; and flight data management (FDM) and flight operations quality assurance (FOQA) with Flight Data Connect for all industry recorders. The capability exists to download the files using an RDI, a QAR, or other compatible device and directly upload them to the analytics platform.

Express Readout verifies functionality and generates the global civil aviation authority’s documentation, including assistance with the EASA’s datalink verification. Reports are produced in a few days without removing the recorder from the aircraft, saving the maintenance departments significant time and costs.

L3Harris’ Flight Data Connect (FDC) provides FDM and FOQA analysis by providing automatic and reviewed levels of data processing. FDC automatically processes the data and populates the customised dashboard after uploading the raw data into the L3Harris secure, cloud-based server. Data, including accurate recreation of flights in graphical and 3D format, is often available to view and analyse in just a few minutes. A report of any triggered event, such as low speed after take-off, low-power approaches, late gear retraction, or any of the thousand’s standard or customised FDM events, can be automatically emailed to the appropriate safety or operations manager.

An L3Harris data scientist review process includes safety, maintenance, and fuel-related trends or events with specific, actionable insights aligned to the customer’s standard operating procedures.

Insights from these tools can be invaluable. For example, a recent flight crew received indications of the left thrust reverser unlocked in flight. When they uploaded the data to FDC, the flight operations analyst was able to see the parameters showing an electrical indication problem rather than a mechanical problem, which saved maintenance time and unnecessary expense.

The L3Harris FDC enables more effective decision-making and specific maintenance needs. Customers can also work with their assigned L3Harris analyst to identify trends and propose corrective actions to solve particular safety events.

The L3Harris 360 approach to recorders and data analytics delivers timely and valuable insights for operators to save time, reduce maintenance costs, and increase safety and pilot training immediately.

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L3Harris said it takes a holistic approach to capture the most data possible.

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Airport Show: Frequentis to operate Central America and Caribbean

eNethersole — Thu, 19 May 2022 07:24:31 +0000

Frequentis was first commissioned to renew the regions VSAT (very small aperture terminal) network infrastructure in 2014, to enhance reliability of the aeronautical telecommunications service, as well as allow cost savings and bandwidth optimisation. Since then, Frequentis has supported existing services, as well as enabled the implementation of new air traffic management (ATM) applications such ADS-B via satellite.

The Frequentis MEVA network is made up of 18 nodes for 15 Air Navigation Service Providers at sites in the Caribbean, Central and North America, and is an important part of ICAO’s work to create a phased transition from legacy communication technology in the region, increasing its efficiency, while complying with the strict ATM requirements. The project included end-to-end 24/7 operation of the entire network.

“Over the last eight years Frequentis had been the MEVA Network provider, responsible for providing voice and data communication channels, as well as surveillance information and automatic identification and data capture (AIDC) coordination messages between our different ANSP, in that sense Frequentis has proven to be a very reliable partner, managing our critical infrastructure. Frequentis also supported ICAO and its MEVA III Member States with great dedication during challenging times when some of the islands were hit by disasters. We look forward working with them for additional three-years,” said Mayda Ávila, ICAO NACC-CNS regional officer.

Frequentis is known for its ability to tailor its ATM portfolio to fit the needs of customers safety critical ATM networks. This includes not only ATM networking products but also end-to-end service management. Combining ATM and network know-how makes Frequentis a unique supplier to the ATM industry.

“We are very proud to continue this great success story with ICAO and the MEVA III Member States. The fully managed VSAT network is crucial to the Central American and Caribbean region to ensure safe and secure ATM operations. We look forward working with ICAO and the Member States for an additional three-years, supporting the network transformation, enabling current and new ATM applications to be integrated in the future,” says Peter Leydold, Frequentis director Air Traffic Management Networks.

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ICAO and the MEVA III Member States have contracted Frequentis to continue the management of its satellite network services until 2025.

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority selects Frequentis

eNethersole — Tue, 17 May 2022 08:41:05 +0000

This is to meet meet air traffic demand resulting from the World Cup in the country in 2022. The football World Cup expects to significantly increase the number of visitors to the region, with daily air traffic movements anticipated to increase from 700 to 1800 movements.

QCAA is upgrading both its main and back VCS systems to enhance airport operations and maintain safety as airspace demands change. The back-up VCS will benefit from Frequentis’ next generation VCS, X10, to increase resilience. In addition, QCAA will also implement Frequentis electronic flight strips in the ATC tower to support air traffic controllers with effectively managing the increased workload and maintaining safety during peak air traffic movements.

“Frequentis has provided QCAA with reliable ATM systems since the 1990s. Our electronic Flight Strips integrated with the ATM system marks the next generation of tower automation, which will allow QCAA to handle the expected, significant air traffic increase,” noted Josef Kutschi, Managing Director Frequentis Middle East.

Both the digitalisation of paper strips and the implementation of the IT-based VCS, X10, fulfil the latest demands for tower digitalisation, paving the way for automation and efficiency, improving controllers’ situational awareness and workflows.

“The X10 architecture allows for a flexible, scalable, and modern approach to air traffic management and smartSTRIPS is an essential tool to support controllers in their challenging role,” says Hannu Juurakko, Frequentis Vice President ATM and Chairman of the ATM Executive Team. “We are pleased to be working with QCAA on this modernisation, the added benefits of X10 will fully prepare QCAA for its upcoming airspace demands.”

The VCS X10 is designed from the origin to fulfil the latest trend towards Virtual Centre operations and, being fully ED-137 complaint, it fully supports the digitalisation of ATC communication, and the standardised implementation and interoperability of voice over IP (VoIP). The Frequentis smartSTRIPS system is already deployed on five continents, covering installations from two to more than ninety controller working positions.

“As a local partner to the region, and to Frequentis, Bayanat Engineering Qatar is pleased to be part of this project to support Qatar airspace with predicted increased demand,” noted Hassan Ezzedine, managing partner of Bayanat Engineering Qatar.

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) has selected Frequentis to upgrade its existing VCS and modernise its ATC tower.

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Qatar Civil Aviation Authority (QCAA) has selected Frequentis to upgrade its existing voice communication system (VCS) and modernise its air traffic control (ATC) tower.

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ITW GSE's smarter gate power system with IPM

eNethersole — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:21:11 +0000

“Airport gate installations often have excess power capacity because they are designed to cover the power needs in a worst case scenario and not simply the actual demand,” said ITW GSE sales director David Feuga. “The surplus may be rather considerable, up to 30-50%.

Many years of experience doing world- wide airport installations have provided us with extensive field data recordings, Feuga continues. Those recordings show that 400 Hz ground power units rarely draw full current. And if they do, it’s only for very short periods of time. Due to its variable frequency drive technology that allow step-less regulation of the discharge temperature, the intelligent ITW GSE PCA, the brain of the IPM system, can easily cope with those periods.”

At all times, the PCA ensures that the total power consumption does not exceed the power capacity limit.

“When connected GPUs draw more power i.e. during aircraft engine start, the PCA smoothly reduce the its own consumption. And because the GPUs only require more power for a very short time i.e. from a few seconds to a few minutes, passengers presumably not even register any rise of the cabin temperature,” said Feuga.

“The IPM system is a big advantage for airports that have reached their power capacity limits. Besides room for connection of more equipment to existing stands without investments in expensive infrastructure, the simpler installation reduces maintenance costs. ITW is ready with advice and calculations, if you wonder how you can benefit from implementing the IPM system.”

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ITW GSE’s IPM allows airports to connect more equipment to an existing gate while removing complexity and eases maintenance.

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As airports are already at their power capacity limit, ITW GSE’s Intelligent Power Management (IPM) allows airports to connect more equipment to an existing gate while removing complexity and eases maintenance.

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