Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Data Telemetry Device For New Helicopters
The Canadian transportation firm Ornge is having its fleet of
new AW139 helicopters equipped with Latitude Technologies SkyNode
S200-021 satellite based Satcom/tracking/messaging system. The new
fleet is currently being completed at Agusta Westland’s
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania manufacturing facility with dual
SkyNodes and multiple crew station dialling/ messaging PTA12
keypads, the company said Thursday.
“As Ornge enters a new era in transport medicine with the
introduction of our new fleet, the safety of our patients and crews
is of utmost importance” said Rick Potter, Chief Operating
Officer of Ornge Air “The Skynode system enhances our
situational awareness and resource management capabilities,
providing Ornge with the accurate and up to date information we
need to fulfill our mandate of high quality patient
care.”
The SkyNode S200 system is the smallest and lightest field
proven Satcom, tracking and data telemetry device in the industry.
It provides security and crew safety for air/ground logistics
applications anywhere in the world with interfaces available to
multiple mapping and information management systems. The S200
provides automatic flight following, reliable 2-way data
networking/messaging, remote configuration control, data logging,
event triggering from external switches/buttons and is equipped
with an internal fast-fix 20 channel WAAS GPS receiver. Other
features include auxiliary GPS serial data outputs for Moving Map,
Electronic Flight Bag and 406 ELT’s, OOOI flight schedule
reporting.
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