Heli-Expo, Houston, Texas – Esterline CMC Electronics is displaying its advanced avionics systems at this year’s Heli-Expo in Booth # 3001. Show attendees are invited to drop by and find out more about the company’s industry leading flight management systems, Wide Area Augmentation System Global Positioning System (WAAS GPS) receivers, electronic flight bags and tactical mission displays.
CMC’s Flight Management Systems are in service with over 60 airlines and military operators. The CMA-9000 is a family of compact FMS variants that is well suited for modern digital cockpits in fixed and rotary wing aircraft for both civil and military applications. It is the next-generation FMS derived from CMC’s successful CMA-900 FMS/GPS and CMA-3000 helicopter FMS. The single unit CMA-9000 is civil certified for multi-sensor navigation capabilities.
CMC’s FMS systems have been selected for the onboard avionics and fleet upgrades of several aircraft types, including the Swiss Army Super Puma Mark I fleet, the Bavarian Police and German Army EC-135 training helicopters, France’s Sécurité Civile EC-145s, the French Air Force’s EC-725 Combat SAR helicopters, the Czech Air Force’s Mi-171S transport helicopters and an international AS-332 Super Puma helicopter fleet upgrade.
CMC’s position as technology leader for high-integrity aviation GPS technology and products was reconfirmed with the certification of its IntegriFlight™ WAAS GPS product family by the Federal Aviation Administration and Transport Canada for stand-alone approach operations. This has been accomplished by the addition of CMC’s CMA-5025 product as a control panel for the company’s CMA-5024 (WAAS) GPS receiver.
The CMA-5024 is an air transport quality WAAS GPS receiver specifically designed for ease of retrofit and adaptability to either existing or new build aircraft. Due to its compact and rugged nature, and extremely high reliability, it is an ideal solution across a wide range of aircraft, from helicopters and business jets to airliners.
CMC’s PilotView® EFB improves productivity by enabling pre-flight planning and efficient access to up to date aircraft documentation, checklists and flight planning information. PilotView increases situational awareness in-flight with en-route, approach charts, moving map display, EVS display and graphical real time weather information. The PilotView is a compact, lightweight system with a display/processor unit and aircraft interface unit which are to easy to install in a variety of cockpits where space is at a premium.
Over 24 STCs are available for the PilotView EFB on aircraft ranging from the Gulfstream GV and GIV to the Bombardier Global Express/XRS. PilotView is the standard OEM Class 2 EFB option at Dassault and ATR, and has been selected by Rockwell Collins for the Bombardier Global platform, by Embraer for the E-170/190 program, by Bombardier for the CRJ700/900/1000 and by Boeing for the Next-Generation B737 and BBJ aircraft.
CMC’s compact TacView® Portable Mission Display is specifically designed to facilitate military and paramilitary airborne mission effectiveness through improved real-time situational awareness. TacView consists of a rugged, compact, self-contained, night vision imaging system compatible smart display and companion power supply/interface module. TacView provides functionality enhancements for military transports, fighters and helicopters, without having to modify the aircraft’s existing operational flight program.
Some of the functions that can be hosted by TacView include tactical data link display for network-centric communications, portable mission planning, digital moving map, real-time weather imagery, electronic aeronautical charts and sensor imaging. The TacView also provides a path to paperless cockpit operations on board military aircraft.
TacView is large enough to display full-size instrument approach charts, checklists and moving maps, but small enough to mount in virtually any cockpit. Its super-bright, sunlight readable 5”X7” display features an integrated sliding keyboard, film-on-glass touch sensitive screen and bezel keys that provide an exceptional level of operator interface flexibility.
