Wed, Apr 20, 2005
Cockpit Door Surveillance For 48-Percent Of Boeing Fleet
Global ePoint a innovative developer
and manufacturer of homeland security solutions for aviation and
law enforcement as well as financial, retail and industrial
applications, Tuesday said its AirWorks Division has received a new
FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for its Cockpit Door Surveillance
System (CDSS), which now spans the entire family of Boeing 737
aircraft (737-200 through 737-900) with two configurations.
There are some 4,597 Boeing 737s flying worldwide- ranging from the
737-200 through 737-900 - which represents 48 percent of total
Boeing aircraft flying today. It also noted 1,571 of these 737's
are operating within U.S. airlines
The original AirWorks Cockpit Door Surveillance System
previously offered on 737-300 and 737-500's consisted of two
6.4-inch touch-sensitive monitors, a system controller and one
camera mounted directly outside the cockpit door - with two more
cameras located in the forward galley (and up to 16 cameras
throughout the aircraft overall). Cockpit monitors were located to
the side and just forward of the pilots seated positions. This
standard system configuration is currently installed and flying on
over 100 Boeing 737 aircraft.
AirWorks has designed and introduced a new optional
"single-monitor" 5-inch touch-sensitive system that installs in the
overhead panel directly between the two pilots. The new condensed
configuration allows either pilot to utilize the same monitor or to
control the camera from either pilot position - and utilizes the
same System Controller and cameras as in previously delivered 737
systems.
"Our continual investment in the
CDSS Cockpit Door Surveillance System and its flexibility, and now,
in these multiple applications as well, provides AirWorks the
ability to meet any requirement for any model aircraft built by the
Boeing or Airbus companies," said Ricky Frick, President of Global
ePoint's Aviation Division. "It allows us to immediately move
forward with a customer without the barrier of new designs for
installation or certification requirements."
"We have made this commitment to ensure that any mandate or
requirement - by any regulatory agency anywhere in the world -- can
immediately be satisfied with our product and certification."
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