Features Fully Automatic Worldwide Hazard Detection

Rockwell Collins has introduced the industry’s first weather radar with a fully automatic worldwide hazard detection system. Collins’ new  MultiScan Global weather radar is the next-generation in the WXR-2100 MultiScan weather radar series that enhances passenger and crew safety by significantly reducing pilot work load and enhancing weather-detection capability.

The MultiScan Global weather radar automatically adjusts weather detection parameters for variations caused by time of day, time of year and geographic position and then uses advanced radar threshold technologies to adjust the radar returns to more accurately display actual thunderstorm threats. Currently, Collins MultiScan Global weather radar is the only radar that can provide this worldwide hazard detection capability.

MultiScan Global weather radar builds on the MultiScan radar tradition that digitizes and stores multiple weather sweeps in a temporary data base and them processes the digitized weather information to provide an optimized weather picture from the nose of the aircraft out to 320 NM. The system features overflight protection, providing crews with the ability to avoid inadvertent penetration of thunderstorm tops, one of the leading causes of unexpected turbulence encounters. Additionally, the WXR-2100 MultiScan weather radar, introduced in 2000, was the first fully automatic radar to provide enhanced safety by reducing the need for manual intervention. It is certified on all Boeing aircraft and certification on Airbus aircraft is scheduled to be completed in 2004.

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