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Raytheon Aircraft Services completes first Rockwell Collins IFIS retrofit for Hawker 800XP
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (April 05, 2006) - Raytheon Aircraft Services has successfully completed the first retrofit of Rockwell Collins Integrated Flight Information
System (IFIS) into a Hawker 800XP aircraft. The aircraft was completed at Raytheon Aircraft Services in Little Rock, Ark.
"We believe this will be the first of many IFIS retrofits on current Hawker 800XP aircraft," said Denny Helgeson, vice president
and general manager, Business and Regional Systems for Rockwell Collins. "IFIS provides customers advanced features of a modern
flight deck to enhance operational efficiency and situational awareness."
The system's electronic charting functionality provides operators with approaches, procedures, airport diagrams and Notice
to Airman (NOTAMS). Operators of IFIS-equipped aircraft have ready access to the appropriate charts for the entered flight
plan and aircraft position may be viewed on geo-referenced charts, improving situational awareness. The charts are enhanced
through proprietary graphics and color pallets designed to improve readability, especially at night.
Rockwell Collins' IFIS enables operators to take advantage of a variety of weather services to receive real-time data link
weather images. For continental U.S. coverage, XM WX Satellite Weather offers a low-cost solution providing continuous, real-time
graphical weather. For aircraft equipped for data link, Universal Weather offers a wide range of graphical weather information--in
addition to its traditional textual weather and Air Traffic Services capabilities--including NEXRAD and echo/tops movement
data for the Continental United States, as well as worldwide turbulence, icing, graphical METARS and wind information.
The system's enhanced map overlays increase situational awareness on the flight deck by depicting the aircraft's relative
position to geo-political boundaries, restricted and controlled airspace, and high- and low-level airways.
Central to IFIS is the Rockwell Collins File Server Unit (FSU), which is integrated with the Pro Line 21 system's active matrix
liquid crystal display (AMLCD) multifunction displays using an Ethernet network. The system's easy-to-use, graphical interfaces
are designed to reduce complexity and improve efficiency. The FSU supports more than two gigabytes of data with growth to
16 gigabytes and features an Ethernet port for faster and more convenient software/database uploads.
Another option that will be available to operators once they have IFIS will be the addition of 3D Flight Management System
map functionality. This feature provides IFIS equipped Hawker 800XP operators another situational awareness tool that allows
pilots to view flight plans in a 3-dimensional view.
Rockwell Collins IFIS is also standard equipment from the factory on the latest model in the Hawker 800 series, the all new
Hawker 850XP mid-size jets.
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL) is a worldwide leader in the design, production, and support of communication and aviation electronics
for commercial and government customers. The company's 17,000 employees in 27 countries deliver industry-leading communication,
navigation, surveillance, display, flight control, inflight entertainment, information management, and maintenance, training
and simulation solutions. Additional information is available at www.rockwellcollins.com.
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