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Rockwell Collins Unveils Next Generation of Avionics for Business Jets
Rockwell Collins has unveiled a new generation of avionics for business jets that
combines its current Pro Line 21 with other technological advancements, and is
scalable from single-pilot to ultra-long-range aircraft.
The company says its new
Pro Line Fusion
avionics system will feature 15-inch diagonal LCDs (liquid crystal displays)
working in concert with its head-up guidance systems (HGS), synthetic and
enhanced vision, and graphical flight planning. Voice recognition technology
will be added in the future.
Pro Line Fusion's key features include:
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Intuitive Control and Information Management. The system's 15-inch displays
and advanced cursor-control HMI (human-machine interface) will facilitate
point-and-click access to flight planning, aircraft performance monitoring and
hazard avoidance.
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Synthetic-Enhanced Vision that integrates synthetically generated scenes
with real-time enhanced vision imagery, displayed on head-down displays, to
increase situational awareness in low-visibility conditions and unfamiliar
territory.
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Head-Up Guidance that incorporates Rockwell Collins'
HGS (head-up guidance system)
coupled with enhanced vision to enable instrument approaches down to 100 feet
above ground level, under specified conditions. The system’s advanced
active-matrix liquid crystal display technology overlays information such as the
aircraft’s flight path, altitude symbols, and a wire-frame presentation of
synthetic vision, on the outside scene in the pilot's forward field of view.
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Rockwell
Collin's MultiScan Weather Radar that can detect, analyze and displaying weather hazards up to 320 nautical miles
ahead of the aircraft, includes
MultiScan's
automatic Geographic Weather Correlation and Predictive Overflight Protection.
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A Traffic
Surveillance System that integrates transponder, TCAS (traffic collision
avoidance system) II, and traffic computer functions into a single unit, to
reduce size, weight, power consumption, and antenna count.
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An Information Management System that integrates a comprehensive aircraft
maintenance system, aircraft database management capabilities, wireless
connectivity, and access to aircraft manuals and documents, all of which can be
presented on the system's main displays.
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Growth capabilities
designed to accommodate technologies such as CPDLC (controller pilot data link
communications), RNP (required navigation performance) and self-separation.
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