Avionica, Inc. tells ANN that they are now shipping their RSU II (Next Generation Ruggedized Service Unit). The RSU II replaces the highly successful original, released in 1997, continuing the tradition of incorporating the latest technological innovation and customer input. Avionica is proud to announce that Gulfstream Aerospace, a long time operator of the original RSU and numerous other Avionica products, recently received the first shipment.

“For the first time, operators can download and analyze flight data planeside, perform necessary repairs, and verify the repairs in real-time, often without need of a test flight”, states Vice President Stylian Cocalides, “This enables operators to return an aircraft to service in the shortest possible time.”

The platform has been upgraded to a rugged, compact MS-Windows™tablet PC. The package maintains compatibility with Avionica’s legacy interfaces to protect customers’ investments. The RSU II improves on all the features of the original, adding integral download capability for Avionica’s miniQAR MkII, It is optionally available preloaded with Avionica’s AVSCAN.flight Flight Data Analysis software.

Avionica, Inc. specializes in complete flight data management solutions. Products include secureLINK, the airborne wireless Ethernet router, the miniQAR, the world’s first miniature quick access flight data recorder, the RSU, a handheld flight-data recorder monitoring and download tool, and AVSCAN.flight, a commercial and military flight data analysis tool.

FMI: www.avionica.com