Mon, Jun 07, 2010
Will Provide Avionics Suite For Korean KC-100 GA Aircraft
Avidyne tells ANN that they have been selected by Korea
Aerospace Industries (KAI) to provide the integrated avionics suite
and flight control system for their new KC-100 aircraft. The
Avidyne offering, based on the Entegra Release 9 suite, includes
dual high-resolution Integrated Flight Displays (IFDs),
WAAS-capable FMS900w Flight Management Systems, 16-watt all-digital
VDL-capable VHF radios, DFC100 autopilot, with options for the
TAS620 for traffic alerting, TWX670 for color lightning and
MLB700/MLX770 datalink systems.
"We are pleased and honored to be selected as the avionics
provider for this program," said Dan Schwinn, Avidyne's President
and CEO. "KAI is intent on building a very safe, high performance
aircraft and their selection of Avidyne for an avionics suite based
on our award-winning Entegra Release 9 - which is designed to make
single-pilot IFR flying safer and easier - validates once again
that our certified next-generation Entegra system is the most
capable and safest integrated flight deck in the industry."
"KAI's vision and mission is to develop commercial aircraft as a
whole based on KAI's cumulative manufacturing capability and
technological know-how in military aircraft, trainers and
commercial components" said Samuel Dinnar, Vice President of
Corporate Development for Avidyne, "The development of the KC-100
piston aircraft as the first Korean-certified civil aircraft shows
their serious intent to make a successful entry to the civil
aircraft market and we believe that KAI will become a major player
in the civil aircraft market within the next decade.
"Avidyne is uniquely positioned to assist KAI in working through
the first comprehensive aircraft certification process in Korea and
to FAA standards under the 2008 USA South Korea Bilateral Aviation
Safety Agreement (BASA)." Dinnar added, "We are very pleased and
flattered by the fact that we were selected not only for our
technical product differentiation but also for Avidyne's corporate
experience in working successfully with OEM strategic partners to
develop, integrate, and certify highly-integrated general aviation
aircraft,".
The KC-100 is a four-seat composite aircraft with full FADEC and
state-of-the-art integrated and safety systems. It is
intended to be the first Korean-developed and certified civil
aircraft. More details will be announced by KAI at Oshkosh.
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