Portugal picks glass cockpit avionics from Collins Aerospace for C-130H Hercules aircraft modernization

AMADORA, Portugal – The Portuguese Air Force has selected Collins Aerospace in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its C-130H Hercules military transport aircraft modernization. ASD News reports. Continue reading original article

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5 March 2019 -- Serving as a contractor to OGMA – Industria Aeronautica de Portugal, Collins will provide its Flight2 aftermarket avionics, which delivers a cost-effective and low-risk communications, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) upgrade.

Flight2 transforms a federated analog system into a modern digital glass cockpit that provides commonality to commercial aircraft. Included in the avionics upgrade is a glass cockpit with new primary flight displays, required navigation performance/area navigation flight management system with high altitude release point, and computed air release point precision airdrop software.

As part of the upgrade, Collins will use its Flight2 Mobility Mission Application (MMA) architecture, which enables avionics integrators to tailor the system to meet mission requirements, or comply with regional CNS/ATM mandates.

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