Avionics News August 2015 - 68

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ASPEN AVIONICS ac q u ired ACCORD TECH-

COOL CITY AVIONICS annou nc ed th e d ev elopm ent of
an interface to the Aspen EFD1000H flight display.
T h e new interf ac e allow s Cool City A v ionic s ' H A P and
H F C s eries , 2- and 3 -ax is A u topilots , c u rrently being
ins talled in Robins on R-4 4 and R-66 h elic opters , to be
c onnec ted to th e A s pen d is play .
According to the company, Cool City's first Aspen
I nterf ac e S T C w ill be f or ins tallations on th e Robins on R-66
helicopters. The Aspen interface will be available for retrofit
on ex is ting Robins on R-4 4 h elic opters , f or w h ic h Cool
City already holds STCs for its family of eight flight control
s y s tem s , inc lu d ing th e H A P -100, H A P -150, H F C-100 and
H F C-150 A u topilots .
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NOLOGY LLC f rom

A c c ord I nd ia and A v V alu es
LLC of P h oenix , A riz ona. T h e trans ac tion w as c om pleted J u ne 19 , 2015, u s ing a c om bination of c as h
and s ec u rities .
A c c ord ing to A s pen, th e ac q u is ition res u lted in
an ex pans ion of th e c om pany ' s g eog raph ic f ootprint
to inc lu d e a new ad m inis trativ e and prod u c tion
f ac ility in P h oenix , A riz ona. JOHN UCZEKAJ w ill
c ontinu e to lead th e c om pany as pres id ent and
chief executive officer. The name of the combined
c om pany rem ains A s pen A v ionic s .
A c c ord T ec h nolog y w ill operate as an A s pen
A v ionic s c om pany c ontinu ing to s u pply F A A approv ed O E M G P S s olu tions to th e aeros pac e
ind u s try . S u pport of its c u rrent c lient bas e w ill c arry
on as u s u al w ith lic ens ed prod u c tion.
" A c c ord ' s ex pertis e to d es ig n and d ev elop s olu tions th at m eet N ex tG en and oth er perf orm anc ebas ed nav ig ation req u irem ents , c ou pled w ith
A s pen' s d is play of f ering , c reate th e opportu nity
to prov id e u niq u e s olu tions f or all aeros pac e s eg m ents , " U c z ek aj s aid .
HAL ADAMS, f ou nd er of A v V alu es , h as been
nam ed ex ec u tiv e v ic e pres id ent of bu s ines s d ev elopm ent f or th e c om bined c om panies . H e w ill be
d riv ing new bu s ines s to inc lu d e g row ing its N ex N av
prod u c t line.
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I n o th er new s. . .
A s pen A v ionic s s aid its A T X 100 A D S -B
trans c eiv er w ill interf ac e w ith th e G arm in G N S
4 3 0W /53 0W s eries of G P S nav ig ators . D eliv eries
beg in im m ed iately . A s pen' s A T X 100 is c om patible
with Aspen Evolution primary flight displays and
m u ltif u nc tion d is play s .
I n ad d ition, A s pen rec eiv ed E A S A approv al f or
ins tallation of its E F D 1000H P F D into B ell and B ell/
A g u s ta 206 m od els u nd er E A S A S T C 10053 3 78.
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Elliott Aviation
ELLIOTT AVIATION prom oted MARK WILKEN to v ic e
pres id ent of av ionic s prog ram s and operational log is tic s .
I n h is new role, W ilk en w ill prov id e lead ers h ip and
d irec tion f or av ionic s s ales , af term ark et av ionic s ,
engineering and certification, FBO and facilities, parts and
g ov ernm ent prog ram s .
W ilk en beg an h is c areer at E lliott A v iation in 19 89 as
an av ionic s benc h tec h nic ian repairing rad ios and q u ic k ly
bec am e m anag er of th e d epartm ent. H e s erv ed m os t
rec ently as th e c om pany ' s d irec tor of av ionic s s ales .
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I n o th er new s. . .
E lliott A v iation annou nc ed its F A A S T C approv al f or th e
ac tiv ation and u s e of all GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION
W i-F i prod u c ts in th e P h enom 3 00. T h e S T C allow s
airplane ac tiv ation f or all W i-F i s tand ard s inc lu d ing A , B , G ,
and N .
I n ad d ition to W i-F i c onnec tiv ity , th e S T C allow s
operation of G og o' s U CS 5000, an all-in-one s m art rou ter
and m ed ia s erv er. T h e s erv ic e inc lu d es th e G og o V is ion allin-one c abin entertainm ent s y s tem .
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