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FlexPerf is Universal Avionics Systems Corp.’s software release for its WAAS/SBAS flight management system products.

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function on an iPhone. “We’re seeing incredible interest in both the TrueNorth Stylus and the MyStylus app from our current customers as well as aircraft OEMs,” said Mark van Berkel, TrueNorth’s president. “TrueNorth is already known for having the best performing handset with unmatched call quality, and the TrueNorth Stylus sets the bar even higher, combining performance with beautiful design.” Meanwhile the company also announced it had earned an FAA supplemental type certificate to install Wi-Fi connectivity aboard Dassault Falcon 50 and Falcon 50EX aircraft models and is teaming with StandardAero of Springfield, Ill., to offer similar STCs on every Gulfstream jet since the GIII. The basic product is TrueNorth’s Simphone OpenCabin airborne telecommunications system. TrueNorth is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, and designs, develops and manufactures satellite telecommunication solutions for business aviation. To learn more, visit www.TrueNorthAvionics.com.

The TrueNorth Stylus handset can be personalized with an assortment of colors, materials, finishes and inlays.

UNIVERSAL AVIONICS SYSTEMS CORP. Universal Avionics Systems Corp. introduced a major software release for its WAAS/SBAS flight management system products. The updated software incorporates several new features designed to enhance operational efficiency and support special mission operations like those conducted by the military and law enforcement. Among the new software enhancements is what
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Universal calls FlexPerf, which provides trip performance calculations – including fuel, ETA, speed and altitude – with improved accuracy to present the planned three-dimensional flight profile from takeoff to landing. The new features also include an airdrop feature, supporting in-flight equipment delivery to a designated drop zone. Another enhancement adds an arc-based search pattern – an addition to the nine existing patterns in earlier software versions – which includes course reversal guidance to proceed back along the same arc in the opposite direction. Universal’s WAAS/SBAS-FMS product features advanced programming; compact, lightweight packaging; and installation flexibility while meeting the stringent internal monitoring requirements of RNAV (GPS) approach guidance: localizer performance with vertical (LPV), lateral navigation/vertical navigation (LNAV/VNAV) and LNAV-only. The FMS is certified on more than 50 aircraft types, and was the first to be approved for Part 25 aircraft. The WAAS/SBAS-FMS is part of Universal’s extensive line of advanced avionics equipment, including the EFI-890R flat panel display; integrated cockpit displays; Vision-1 synthetic vision system; TAWS; cockpit voice and flight data recorders; radio control units; and the application server unit, integrating charts, electronic documents and checklists with displays systems. Universal’s FMS SCN 1001/1101 software upgrade is expected in the field during the fourth quarter of 2012. The company said some 2,000 units have been installed. To learn more, visit www.uasc.com. q

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