Mon, Feb 26, 2007
No Effect on Eclipse 500 Production or Delivery
While it may come as no
surprise to a great many people following the intensive development
of the Eclipse 500 VLJ, ANN can now divulge something that has been
in the works for a while... the "divorce" of Eclipse Aviation and
Avidyne.
According to sources close to Eclipse, "Avidyne will no longer
supply components for the Avio Total Aircraft Integration system in
the Eclipse 500. We have agreed it is in the mutual best interest
of both companies, and our customers, to wind-down our relationship
and go our separate ways.
"This change has no affect on Eclipse 500 production or
delivery. All near-term customer aircraft will have the Avidyne
components installed, and Eclipse will be retrofitting these early
deliveries with the new components. The exact timing of the
production cut-in is currently being finalized.
"Avio will continue to be an integral part of the Eclipse 500,
and we are confident in our ability to deliver all of the promised
functionality to our customers on an aggressive schedule. To this
end, we have partnered with an impressive new team of proven,
reliable suppliers to deliver Avio functionality. Our team has been
working closely with this group behind-the-scenes for a number of
months, and has already made significant progress. We expect the
change to be seamless for our customers from a standpoint of
Eclipse 500 functionality, look and feel."
ANN has been working this story for a while and will have more
information shortly. Official announcements about the identity and
capability of replacement suppliers for the Eclipse 500 Flight Deck
are expected to be released within 2 weeks.
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