Avionics News April 2014 - 64

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Universal Avionics Systems Corp.

Sierra Industries
JASON
MILLER was recently
appointed president of Sierra Industries.
A licensed commercial pilot, Miller will
lead the company's growing aircraft
MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul)
organization.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy,
he spent a decade serving in the U.S.
Marine Corps. Miller previously served
as finance manager for StandardAero
and later as vice president and general
manager of the company's business unit
in Houston, Texas.
For
more
information,
visit
www.sijet.com. q

Falcon 900B

Latitude Technologies
UNIVERSAL AVIONICS SYSTEMS CORP. recently completed and delivered
the first two Dassault Falcon 900B aircraft with a flight deck upgrade through a
partnership program with Duncan Aviation.
According to the company, the upgrade offers a variety of capabilities, including
SBAS (satellite-based augmentation system) and LPV (localizer performance with
vertical guidance), ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast), CPDLC
(controller-pilot datalink communications), FANS (future air navigation system) 1/
A+ and Link 2000+.
"Universal Avionics and Duncan Aviation's upgrade program provides new
technology that the Falcon 900B community has been asking for," said BRUCE
BUNEVICH, Great Lakes regional sales manager for Universal Avionics Systems
Corp. "The upgrade offers significant improvements beyond current new-production
aircraft, and is specifically developed for minimal transitional flight crew training.
The Falcon 900B upgrade package is a reliable investment in proven technology."
In other news...
Universal Avionics noted that requests for FMS (flight management systems)
with mission support increased in 2013, most notably among offshore and SAR
(search and rescue) operators of Airbus Helicopters' AS332L and AS332L1 Super
Puma models. Universal Avionics' Multi-Mission Management System is the
company's flagship special mission FMS for installation in these helicopter models.
For more information, visit www.uasc.com. q

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LATITUDE

TECHNOLOGIES and

AKV Inc. announced a technical and
business development partnership.
According to the two companies, AKV
and Latitude will share in development
of technical interfaces between AKV's
ETM1000 Exceedance and Trend Monitor
and Latitude's award-winning IONode
ION100 lightweight flight data recorder.
This will enable the engine condition
data captured by the ETM1000 to be
recorded and automatically forwarded
by the IONode ION100 to multiple
stakeholders of the operator of the aircraft.
Operators will benefit from quicker access
to engine condition data, enabling more
timely engine trend analysis and engine
maintenance planning.
For
more
information,
visit
www.latitudetech.com. q
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