BendixKing and Airwork Are Developing Cockpit Upgrades for the Often Overlooked Small- and Medium-Sized Helicopter Market

July 22, 2019

William Kucinski

Honeywell International Inc. ’s subsidiary BendixKing is working with Airwork New Zealand to develop Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for cockpit upgrades of light and medium-size general aviation helicopters to give operators an advanced, yet affordable, avionics suite. The upgrade, which will leverage BendixKing’s AeroVue Touch Integrated Flight Deck – now qualified to be installed on Part 27 light helicopters – provides near-4K resolution and access to critical flight data.

The partnership is currently using the Airbus Helicopters H125 (née Eurocopter AS350 Écureuil) single-engine light utility helicopter as a testbed and the work is being showcased at this year’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

William Kucinski is content editor at SAE International, Aerospace Products Group in Warrendale, Pa. Previously, he worked as a writer at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, Ohio and was responsible for writing the agency’s System Failure Case Studies. His interests include literally anything that has to do with space, past and present military aircraft, and propulsion technology.

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