GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 26 July 2008.GE-Aviation has completed qualification and has begun delivery of its new enhanced airborne flight recorder (EAFR) for the Boeing 787 aircraft.
"GE's flight recorder is the first to meet the new FAA regulations and we are delighted to be on the Boeing 787 with this technology," says John Ferrie, president of GE's Aviation Systems. "The enhanced airborne flight recorder is the newest in our recorder product family and includes improved capabilities for safety investigators to find and remedy the causes of incidents."
The GE system has a greater recording capacity than existing recorders and is the first to meet new Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight recorder regulations, says a representative.
The EAFR system's network-connectivity enables reconfigurable flight data acquisition. It is the first flight recorder to have a recorder-independent power supply which allows operation in the event of a power failure. The EAFR has data-link recording as mandated by the FAA, and a crash survivable memory which meets environmental requirements.
GE supplies the EAFR as part of the Rockwell Collins network communications package for the Boeing 787 program. GE also supplies the GEnx engine, fixed and moveable wing structures as well, as landing gear actuation and the common core system direct to Boeing for the 787 program.
