Ryan Int'l "Redefining Industry Standard" With New MHD

While the news from AEA 2003 is perceptibly upbeat, little of it has been really "new..." until Friday morning's announcement, from Ryan International, of a novel Multi-Hazard Display System. According to Ryan, "Conventional aviation wisdom says it’s best to consolidate all flight information onto one large display."

Ryan International has a different vision, and is introducing a new Multi-Hazard Display. This 3ATI is the only display in the industry dedicated solely to displaying hazard information.

"The industry is moving toward putting all information on a single screen. While that’s a lot better than having to scan lots of dials and gauges, it can be difficult to isolate the most immediate hazard information in critical situations," said Bruce Bunevich, Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

"Ryan’s Multi-Hazard Display places essential hazard information on a dedicated display, offering pilots what they need: easy-to-read, easy-to-interpret real time information on the most immediate flight hazard. The result is an increased situational awareness, and therefore increased safety."

The Multi-Hazard Display is designed for use with the Ryan 9900BX Traffic Advisory System. Ryan is in development with the manufacturers of other hazard detection avionics to display their weather and terrain information as well. The display is designed to show up to three types of hazard information at one time using multi-view mode technology.

The Ryan Multi-Hazard Display

• Provides aviation’s only full-color 3ATI dedicated to hazard information.
• Increases situational awareness by eliminating the clutter found on MFDs.
• Improves safety by providing pilots with constant, real-time hazard information.
• Uses a full-color, high-resolution active matrix LCD that is easy-to-read and easy-to-interpret, reducing pilot fatigue.
• Allows the pilot to switch between primary images by pushing a single button.
• Displays traffic information in ranges varying from 1 to over 24 miles in several pilot selectable view screens.
• Enables software upgrades through a side connector, eliminating the need to remove the display from the panel.
• Offers a multi-view mode that, in the future, will display information from hazard partners simultaneously.
• Is a lightweight, compact, standard-size display that can be installed easily in most corporate and general aviation aircraft, fixed wing or rotor wing.

"Ryan’s new Multi-Hazard Display is more than simply a new product. It’s a new way of thinking about providing hazard information," said Bunevich.

"Throughout its history, Ryan International has led the way with new technologies and offering new paradigms for the industry. Our new Multi-Hazard Display is one more step along that journey of innovation."

Ryan International is a Columbus-Ohio based corporation that produces innovative avionics for general, commercial and military aircraft, both fixed and rotor wing. Ryan continues to build on its tradition of leadership in airborne safety, from the introduction of the first non-radar based weather avoidance technology to traffic avoidance systems to a Multi-Hazard Display.

FMI: www.ryaninternational.com