Sun, Aug 12, 2007
ACROHELIPRO Teams With Carson Helicopters To Develop S-61 Glass
Cockpit
ACROHELIPRO Global Services Inc. is
teaming with Carson Helicopters (Carson) to outfit the first two of
Carson’s fleet of Sikorsky S-61’s with SAGEM
Avionic’s (SAGEM) Integrated Cockpit Display System (ICDS)
retrofit. In addition, Carson has selected to work with ACROHELIPRO
on an S-61 airframe rewire program for 10 helicopters, with the
work taking place over the next two and a half years.
The innovative system pioneered by and Carson, SAGEM and
ACROHELIPRO that has previously been integrated by ACROHELIPRO into
the Bell 205, 206 and 210 platforms, includes five ten-inch cockpit
displays. Each system also incorporates two Primary Flight Displays
(PFD) and two Multi-Function Displays (MFD); one for both the pilot
and co-pilot. An additional centre instrument panel-mounted MFD
houses a Caution Advisory Panel (CAS) to facilitate easy-viewing by
both pilot and co-pilot.
Elvis Moniz, ACROHELIPRO’s Director of Avionics explains
that the teaming arrangement between Carson Helicopters and
ACROHELIPRO is a direct result of both company’s continuing
dedication to identifying and developing safer, more reliable and
cost-effective products, services and upgrade solutions for legacy
helicopter operators.
“We are very pleased to be working with Carson Helicopters
on this project. They are arguably the largest and most innovative
S-61 operator in the world, and they make it a point to outfit
their fleet with the best, state-of-the art equipment.
Carson’s leadership recognizes ACROHELIPRO Global Services
and SAGEM as the established and proven industry-leaders in this
field,” states Moniz.
Frank Carson (of Carson Helicopters) specifies the decision to
team with ACROHELIPRO on both the glass cockpit integration and the
additional 10 helicopter re-wires is due to ACROHELIPRO’s
successful track-record the glass cockpit upgrade and the expertise
acquired from successfully undertaking numerous other complex
avionics integration programs over the years.
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