Thu, Sep 11, 2003
Rockwell Collins To Install Avionics On 10 New
Aircraft
Rockwell Collins has been selected
by Virgin Blue to provide avionics and in-flight entertainment
(IFE) equipment for 10 new Boeing 737 aircraft with an option for
40 additional aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in
2004.
The avionics package selected by Virgin Blue includes Rockwell
Collins communication, navigation and surveillance sensors,
including the Collins GLU-920 multi-mode receiver (MMR) and Collins
WXR-2100 MultiScan weather radar.
The GLU-920 multi-mode receiver (MMR) provides the aircraft's
primary position, velocity and time reference and enables precision
landing capability. It offers instrument landing system (ILS)
capability and high-integrity, satellite-based positioning for
navigation and future landing functions, and offers growth to
support microwave landing system (MLS) capability.
The MultiScan radar optimizes short- and long-range weather
detection at all times without requiring pilot adjustment of the
radar tilt control, and alerts flight crews during takeoff and
approach of potentially dangerous wind shear. In addition to the
new aircraft installations, Virgin Blue will retrofit MultiScan
into 27 existing Boeing 737 aircraft, upgrading them from their
current Collins weather radar to the WXR-2100.
Other flight deck equipment includes the VHF and HF
communication radios as well as traffic alert and collision
avoidance systems (TCAS), ADF, VOR, DME, radio altimeters and
transponders.
The cabins of the new Virgin Blue Boeing 737s will feature
Rockwell Collins' Programmable Audio Video Entertainment System
(PAVES™), offering overhead video on 10.4-inch retractable
monitors and 24 channels of high-fidelity digital in-seat audio
programming. The monitors offer passengers wide viewing angles with
crisp and bright picture quality.
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