CMC Electronics Enhanced Vision System Sensor Installed on Agusta Westland A-139 Helicopter
(HAI Heli-Expo - March 1, 2007) CMC Electronics announced today that Edwards & Associates, a subsidiary of Bell Helicopter, has installed the CMC Electronics SureSight® M-Series™ Enhanced Vision System (EVS) sensor on an Agusta Westland AW-139 helicopter for a corporate customer.
Dwayne Starnes, Director Marketing & Sales at Edwards & Associates, said: "We are very excited about this new CMC product. Our customers should find the M-Series EVS sensor to be a very effective aid in improving flight safety and enhancing flight crew situational awareness."
Cathy Bain, CMC's Vice President Marketing & Sales, added: "The SureSight M-Series EVS sensor is a cost-effective infrared-based safety tool for helicopter flight crews flying in darkness, smoke, smog or other poor visibiity conditions. EVS offers supplemental terrain awareness in these types of scenarios to help prevent pilot disorientation when there is no peripheral scene information available. EVS provides the pilot with excellent infrared imaging of the area in the forward flight path of the helicopter to provide early detection and avoidance of obstacles such as towers, trees, vehicles and buildings."
CMC's ultra compact, low-cost M-Series EVS sensor improves situational awareness by providing pilots with a daytime-like image at night and in low-visibility situations for commercial, business/corporate and paramilitary operations. The M-Series sensor weighs 2.2 lb and measures 2.4 inches by 2.5 inches by 6 inches in length. A notable feature is the M-Series' single Line Replacable Unit that can be easily installed on a helicopter fuselage or strut or in the tail fin or nose of an aircraft.
Edwards & Associates expects to receive the FAA STC shortly for the CMC Electronics M-Series EVS sensor being installed in the AW-139.
CMC Electronics designs and produces leading technology electronics products for the aviation and global positioning markets. CMC's focus is on delivering innovative cockpit systems integration and avionics solutions to its customers worldwide. Its principal locations are in Montreal, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; and Chicago, Illinois. CMC Electronics is a private company controlled by an investor group led by ONCAP L.P. ONCAP is a CDN $400 million investment fund established by Onex Corporation and a number of leading Canadian financial institutions. Onex Corporation is a diversified company with annual consolidated revenues of approximately CDN $16 billion and consolidated assets of approximately CDN $14 billion. Onex is one of Canada's largest companies with global operations in the service, manufacturing and technology industries.
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