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Cobham’s CI 420-490
Iridium antenna

NEW PRODUCTS

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Cobham Commercial Systems, Integrated Systems/S-TEC
Jamie Luster, director of sales and marketing for Cobham
Commercial Systems, Integrated Systems (doing business as
S-TEC Corp.) introduced three of her company’s latest innovations to attendees at the AEA Convention. They include a
SAS-only option for the company’s HeliSAS rotorcraft stability
augmentation system and pending certification of the IDU450 EFIS display aboard Part 23 aircraft. The company also
announced dealer and end-customer pricing incentives for its
S-TEC 55X autopilot system.
Although the Heli-SAS rotorcraft autopilot system isn’t a
new product, the company’s stability augmentation system
(SAS) now is being offered as a stand-alone solution for
operators who don’t want or need a full autopilot system but
do want its stability augmentation features. Those include a
pitch/roll hold envelope of up to positive 11 and negative 6
degrees in the pitch axis, plus 5 degrees in roll. The system is
designed to be and can be “on” at all times, but incorporates
“Fly-Through” Flight Control Operation, allowing crew to
overcome the system with no more than 3.5 pounds of force
in either the pitch or roll axes. The SAS-only system is STC’d
on Bell 206B/L and 407 models, plus the AS350 series and the
EuroCopter EC130 B4.
Meanwhile, the IDU-450 display offers a 4-by-5-inch
display, integrated or remote ADAHRS/GPS sensors, up to five
RS170 video inputs, NVG mode, integral TAWS and integral
FMS. It is compliant with RNP 0.1, LPV, BRNAV and PRNAV
standards and also incorporates a digital flight recorder. The
IDU-450 is certified aboard the AS350 and AS355 helicopters,
plus Bell’s 206, 407 and 412 models. Certification is pending
for Part 23 Class I, II and III aircraft.
To learn more, visit www.sharepoint.s-tec.com.

Cobham Commercial Systems, Integrated Systems introduced a
SAS-only option for the company’s HeliSAS rotorcraft solutions.

Cobham/Comant Industries
Antennas aren’t the sexiest component an avionics shop
ever installed. But they all have different characteristics, serve
specific frequencies and can make or break even a relatively
simple avionics installation. And now, according to Don
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Jeckell, representing
Cobham’s Comant
Industries at the AEA
Convention, his company
is offering the industry’s first
TSO C159a Iridium-specific antenna.
Cobham said its new CI 420-490 Iridium antenna is a tear-drop product specifically designed and approved
to work with Iridium. Until approval of TSO C159a, previous
antennas sold for use with FAA-approved Iridium installations
were GPS antennas with broad enough frequency capability to
include the satellite-based communications service. Other new
products in Cobham’s Iridium antenna line also are designed
to comply with TSO C159a, but come in two more shapes:
round and a bar-of-soap-like form factor. According to Jeckell,
the combination of TSO approval and multiple shapes makes
Cobham’s Iridium antenna line one-of-a-kind.
The company also announced two versions of its CI 295
search and rescue (SAR) antenna. Typically designed for rotorcraft applications, the CI 295 is available optimized for either
the 136-174 and 380-520 MHz bandwidths or 136-174 and 764870 MHz. Jeckell told attendees the new SAR product is flying
on Los Angeles (Calif.) County Sheriff’s Office Aerospatiale
Super Puma helicopters. By incorporating a broad frequency
range, the CI 295 configuration eliminates dual antenna placement challenges, simplifying installation.
To learn more, visit www.cobham.com.

EMTEQ
Greg Cornell, director of advanced technology for EMTEQ,
focused on the evolving technologies his company has been
developing in both lighting and cabin power. EMTEQ’s product
lines in the commercial and business aviation markets offers an
extensive selection of innovative products ranging from cables
to integrated installation kits; from cabin power to LED lighting; and from structures to exterior lighting.
Cornell told attendees at the AEA Convention that advances
in LED lighting technologies have allowed EMTEQ to develop
the QUASAR II, an upgrade and redefinition of the company’s
mood-lighting products. One result is a smaller and lighter
package. Another is that the QUASAR II product is the first
115VAC RGBA full-spectrum mood-lighting system available
to the market, a configuration the company said has significantly simplified installation on wide-body aircraft by eliminating
the need for external power supplies. Also, the QUASAR II is
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