CMC to Provide All Glass Cockpit Avionics Upgrade
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has picked CMC
Electronics to be the avionics systems integrator for its KT-1C
trainer aircraft, for the international export market. Under the
terms of the contract, CMC Electronics will develop an avionics
Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL) and provide an all glass
cockpit avionics upgrade for the new trainer aircraft.
Work on the contract will be performed at CMC Electronics'
facility in Ottawa, Canada. The core avionics will feature the
company's SparrowHawk™ Head Up Display (HUD) and FV-4000 Open
Architecture Mission Computer.
"We examined the capabilities of several avionics
companies and CMC Electronics was the clear choice, based on the
strength of its performance and innovative, integrated cockpit
approach," said Dr. Jae Myong Lee, KAI Director of Engineering.
"CMC Electronics' HUD and Mission Computer will play a major role
in establishing the KT-1C all glass cockpit trainer as the
competitive benchmark in both performance and price," Dr. Lee
added.
The KT-1C is powered by a P&WC PT6 engine and is based on
the successful KT-1 turboprop trainer, of which more than 55
aircraft have been delivered to the Republic of Korea Air Force,
with additional aircraft on order from other countries. Its flight
envelope extends to low stall speed, good spin recovery, and
advanced auto trim, making the KT-1C, its builder says, "one of the
best solutions for military pilot training." Given its full
acrobatic capability, the KT-1C makes one heck of an advanced
trainer.
CMC
Electronics' innovative cockpit management approach will
accommodate aircraft updates and allow the aircraft to perform in
the dual role of primary trainer and light attack aircraft. The
avionics system features full redundancy centered around two
powerful CMC Electronics FV-4000 mission computers, which feature
an open, Compact PCI/PMC architecture and 500 MHz power PC
processors. The FV-4000s provide the basis for the modular design
of the KT-1C's avionics system.
The all glass cockpit will also feature CMC Electronics' Up
Front Control Panel (UFCP) and its 6"x 8" Multifunction Displays
(MFD)s. MFDs in the front or aft cockpit provide the primary flight
display, a tactical flight map with mission/flight plans, a moving
digital map, stores management for weapon control, engine
monitoring data, and maintenance pages for both diagnostic and
system initialization.
"CMC
Electronics will fully integrate all avionics for navigation and
mission functions in the KT-1C using the latest in cockpit
management to increase mission efficiency and reduce cockpit
workload," explained Bob Atac, vice president, military aviation,
CMC Electronics Inc. "Initial deliveries will include an avionics
Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL), which will have the
capability to test the avionics systems and the operational flight
program, and a cockpit demonstrator, which will demonstrate the
aircraft's tightly integrated system and its advanced avionics.
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