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The company’s worldwide support network also is a part of the Venue product line, bringing life-cycle support solutions, performance-based maintenance and repairs to almost any destination. Rockwell Collins also announced a retrofit upgrade program involving the Pro Line 4 to Pro Line 21 avionics systems has expanded to include Astra SPX, Gulfstream G100 (formerly Astra SPX) and Bombardier Lear 60 aircraft. The upgrade replaces the legacy Cathode Ray Tube displays in Astra SPX, G100 and Lear 60 aircraft with the latest in liquid crystal display technology. To learn more, visit www.rockwellcollins.com.

Access/D, Technisonic Industries’ new digital audio system

Technisonic Industries
Technisonic Industries previewed its new digital audio system, Access/D, at the AEA Convention. According to the company, Access/D requires no remote “analog/digital interface unit” and simply consists of user stations, unlike other products on the market. The main station also is the system interface, and a single custom wire then connects additional user stations. This new system architecture can reduce the total audio/radio interface wiring in an aircraft to as little as 1 foot, with Technisonic transceivers, dramatically cutting installation wiring cost, time and weight when installing multiple user stations. The new audio system features easy simulcast operation for up to eight transceivers, plus paging and PA functions, two ICS busses and two levels of emergency operation. All units feature agile legends, which can be altered at any time, and every unit comes with more than 100 labeling choices at no additional cost. Regular blue-white or NVG lighting of the fully illuminated controls also is available. The system is exclusively distributed by Dallas Avionics for Technisonic. Scheduled for production release in mid-to-late 2012 with TSO approval, the company said its Access/D provides a perfect large-scale complement to Technisonic’s existing advanced Access/A A710, A711 and A711L analog systems, giving installers and users a very rich choice of high-performance audio and radio control systems. Technisonic’s Access/A analog audio control, the A711L and the TDFM7300 P25 FM Tactical Digital Radio system recently were part of a major fleet retrofit at the Los Angeles Police Department, bringing increased tactical communication power to the updated LAPD fleet, along with enhanced encrypted multi-band FM simulcast operation. To learn more, visit www.til.ca.

Sagem Avionics
Sagem Avionics Inc., a unit of France-headquartered Safran Group, specializes in avionics for civil and military aircraft, and is based in Grand Prairie, Texas, near Dallas. Its business lines include technical support and MRO (maintenance, repair, overhaul) services, plus marketing and sales of Sagem products, including integrated helicopter cockpit display systems, the latest of which the company brought to the AEA Convention. Sagem’s ICDS (integrated cockpit display system) for heliSagem’s ICDS (integrated cockpit display system)

copters of all classes helps deliver plug-and-play flexibility to the problem of installing and maintaining avionics, thanks to its open architecture and compatibility with existing data collection and monitoring systems, the company said. The new ICDS, for example, offers fully configurable software, resulting in tailored replacement options and lower fleet-wide costs. The displays come in three basic sizes – 6, 8 and 10 inches – with composite or full-screen modes and feature internal symbol generators to help minimize space and weight requirements. The ICDS PFD includes customizable engine data displays with what the company called intuitive LCD interfaces designed to reduce pilot fatigue, improve situational awareness and enhance safety. It can display primary flight and navigation data along with engine management and other functions, and easily can be integrated with solid-state digital attitude and heading reference systems. Meanwhile, the accompanying MFD features a moving map display, with custom databases, terrain/obstruction proximity alerting, plus radar, TAWS, traffic, lightning, XM Wx and other inputs. To learn more, visit www.sagemavionics.com.

Trig Avionics
Trig Avionics unveiled its latest products at the AEA Convention, including two lightweight comm radios and a new transponder line designed as ADS-B building blocks. Andy Davis, Trig CEO, launched the company’s TY91 and TY92 communication radios, both 2.25-inch panel-mount units, which are designed to take up minimal space and weight and are ideally suited for light aircraft operators looking for a compact and certified 25 kHz and 8.33 kHz VHF comms solution. “It’s great to be at the AEA to launch our TY91 and TY92 radios,” Davis said. “They’re the perfect match to our compact and popular TT21 and TT22 transponders. Trig customers asked for a radio that’s small and easy to install, so now we’re offering the aviation community an unbeatable transponder and VHF comms combination.” The TY91 has a nominal power output of 6 watts and will suit the majority of general aviation aircraft with 14- or 28-volt electrical systems. The TY92 has a nominal power output of

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