Gulfstream Selects Rockwell Collins as Future HGS Supplier

Gulfstream Aerospace will feature a new Rockwell Collins' HGS (head-up guidance system) as standard equipment on its G450 and G550 aircraft, and optional equipment on its G150, G200, G350 and G500 models starting in 2009.

Pres Henne, Gulfstream Aerospace's senior vice president of programs, engineering and test, said "This is the first time we are designing an advanced head-up display and guidance system for our entire family of Gulfstream aircraft.  Many features and operations will be common to the entire fleet.  It will also allow us to develop and host other advanced vision technologies, such as synthetic vision, when they become available."

Gulfstream opted for Rockwell Collins' new HGS-6000, which has an advanced AMLCD (active-matrix liquid crystal display) that it believes will provide the brightest image over the widest HUD field-of-view in the industry while improving head clearance for the pilot by more than 50 percent.

The new all-digital display will allow the incorporation of Gulfstream's EVS (enhanced vision system), which it already offers, but is also designed to support future technologies such as synthetic vision and surface guidance.  05-24-2007.

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