Teledyne Controls, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE: TDY), announced it has received Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate approval for its GroundLink Edge Computing Platform on the Boeing 737 aircraft series.

The platform, along with an accompanying AppLink cloud service, allows airlines to deploy, update and scale onboard software applications across a fleet without aircraft downtime, hardware modifications or aircraft-level certification for each new application.

According to the company's press release, the system supports 5G cellular, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and ARINC 429/717 interfaces, and complies with ARINC 679 and OCI standards. Operators can remotely manage applications developed internally, by Teledyne or by certified third parties.

Teledyne Controls President Mehrdad Radmehr said the platform "gives operators direct control over onboard applications" and described it as "a transformative step forward." The company said certification for additional aircraft types is planned to follow.

The GroundLink platform is positioned as a shift from traditional standalone avionics and Aircraft Interface Device architectures toward an open onboard edge computing environment managed via cloud infrastructure.

Teledyne Controls is headquartered in El Segundo, California, and operates as part of Teledyne Technologies' Aerospace & Defense Electronics segment.