RoadRunner Enhances Safety Through Embedded HTAWS and SVS, Modern EFIS Functionality, and NVIS Compatibility LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, March 1, 2016 – Astronautics Corporation of America is announcing a new Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI) for helicopters called RoadRunner. Astronautics’ RoadRunner is a form-fit-function upgrade for helicopters that increases reliability and offers operators the choice of moving from [...]

Companies Propose to Work Together to Develop, Install, Test, and Certify Display Systems and Upgrade Kits for Various Aircraft LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, March 1, 2016 – Astronautics Corporation of America and Erickson Incorporated held a product demonstration flight of Astronautics’ new RoadRunner Electronic Flight Instrument (EFI). Subsequent to the flight, the companies signed a memorandum of [...]

Astronautics’ Multifunction Display System is a Key Part of SENER-INAER’s Upgraded Avionics for the Agusta Bell 212 Helicopter LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, March 1, 2016 – Astronautics Corporation of America’s Multifunction Display System (MFDS) completed its first operational flight with the Spanish Navy on an upgraded AB-212 helicopter on December 21, 2015. The AB-212 helicopter’s avionics have [...]

LEAT To Order 30 New RoadRunner™ Electronic Flight Instruments LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, March 1, 2016 – Astronautics Corporation of America announces a partnership with Globavia’s LEAT SpA to supply its new RoadRunner Electronic Flight Instruments (EFIs) to upgrade LEAT customers’ legacy helicopter cockpits. The announcement was made during a press conference at the 2016 HAI Heli-Expo. [...]

New EFBs Provide Reduced Operating Costs and Are a Form-Fit-Function Replacement for Existing 777 EFBs   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, January 4, 2016 – Astronautics Corporation of America announced that Singapore Airlines (SIA) will upgrade its fleet of Boeing 777 airplanes with Astronautics’ Block Point 4 (BP4) Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). “The newer EFB will enable the [...]

3ATI EID Provides a Reliable, Flexible and Cost-Effective Form-Fit-Function Solution   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, October 6, 2015 – Astronautics Corporation of America announced that its AFI 3300 three-inch Electronic Instrument Display (EID) has received full aircraft level certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The instrument was jointly developed with Beechcraft Defense Company, LLC, a Textron [...]

Multi-Purpose Server Provides for a Paperless Operation, Secure Connectivity, and NextGen Functionality   MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, August 25, 2015 – Astronautics Corporation of America announced that its NEXIS™ Flight-Intelligence System for Airbus A318/A319/A320/A321 aircraft has been awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). “EASA approval will allow airlines around the [...]

Glass Cockpit with CNS/ATM Upgrade to Improve Situational Awareness and Enhance Safety Systems Integrator for Flight Management System, GPS, Autopilot and a Suite of Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Equipment MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, April 22, 2015 – Astronautics Corporation of America announced today that it has been selected to complete a full cockpit modernization for the first [...]

HELO FOCUSED SYNTHETIC SYSTEM VISION (SVS) TO BE DISPLAYED AT ORLANDO HAI SHOW ORLANDO, FLORIDA, March 2, 2015 – Astronautics Corporation of America is developing a new avionics architecture it calls Flexible, Adaptable, Scalable, Cockpit technology, or FAST, for future OEM forward fit and retrofits for fielded helicopters. The new architecture will feature large format [...]