Transcript Welcome to Raptor Aviation

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Are pleased to present to you the ultimate Bell Cobra Helicopter avionics upgrade
program.
Contents:
Introduction of Program
Overview of Raptor Aviation
Overview of Alternative Aviation
Overview of the Avionics Upgrade Program
Introduction
Highlights
Overview
Video
Pricing
Raptor Aviation, LLC is a global aircraft broker specializing in the procurement and sales of turbine
business aircraft and military / special mission aircraft. The company has been in business since the
early 2000s with numerous customers all over the world.
Our close working relationship with militaries / government agencies / government contractors allows us
to have in depth knowledge of these aircraft, spot needs and offer practical cost effective solutions to
unique mission requirements. This Mi Helicopter avionics upgrade is one of the results. Raptor Aviation
is marketing the solution and Alternative Avionics is providing the engineering, documentation and
installation for this program.
While “finding” an aircraft on the internet has become “easy” the actual process of buying or selling an
aircraft is still a very complex process. An experienced broker can save you money and time! We
provide a turn key solution for your complete project.
Raptor Aviation chooses not to have our own shop or to a line ourselves exclusively
with any one vendor. This allows us to recommend the best products and the best
facilities at the best prices for our customer’s particular project. We are not “handicapped”
into only one channel of thinking but allowed the freedom to come up with better solutions
that are workable for the customer.
Albert Heidinger
Founder of Raptor Aviation
Over 18,000 flight hours
General Aviation, Corporate, Warbird, &
Airline experience
Extensive Global Experience
80+ Countries Visited
10 Years of Aircraft Sales & Consulting
LearJet in EMS configuration.
We can offer turn-key EMS
solutions.
Raptor is a dealer for a line of
EMS equipment. We can offer
turn-key EMS solutions.
Quick change interiors for large
scale emergencies.
LearJet with external pylons
for target towing / carrying
ECM / EW pods.
 Air Intercept Training
 Air Defense Training
 Threat Simulation (Missile
Search, Lock On, Track, &
Launch)
 Jamming (Air to Air & Air to
Ground)
 Target Towing
 ACM
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FLIR / Wescam EO/IR Sensors
Surveillance Tracking/Recording
Systems (STAR)
Multi-Function Radars
Secure/VHF/UHF/Satcom Suites
Self Protection Systems
Fully Integrated Mission Control
Consoles
Video Data Links & Recording
Moving Maps Systems
Weapon Systems and Fire
Control
Full Certification & Training
Special Operations / Classified
Avionics Upgrades
Alternative Aviation Services, Inc. is a full range Avionics and Systems Integrator based in Waterford,
MI. The company has been in business since 1985 providing avionics installation and service, data
and voice communication system design and integration and aircraft structural design and
maintenance. Currently we provide our services to a wide range of civilian, military, and public use
aircraft. Alternative Aviation Services also has a history of working with security sensitive projects
involving aircraft through governmental and military organizations.
In addition to Alternative Aviation Services, Inc.’s past experience integrating data collection and
microwave data communication in news gathering aircraft, recent developments in existing, certified
systems, have increased the capabilities of satellite and ground based data transmission systems. As
a direct result of the increased data transmission capabilities, Alternative Aviation Services, Inc. has
installed a number of voice and data communication systems in business and governmental aircraft.
Specific avionics capabilities include system design, integration, sales, service, and repair of EFIS
Upgrades, Enhanced vision systems, STC design and certification, TAWS/TCAS Solutions, group and
non-group RVSM Solutions.
Currently Alternative Avionics is even providing STC design and certification for some of the major
airframe OEMs including this same Cobham system for a major government helicopter contract.
INTRODUCTION
More than 12,000 Mi 8/17 helicopters have been produced. It has proven to be a very reliable helicopter with
excellent hot / high performance. One of the most limiting factors has been the conditions it can operate in due to
very basic avionics.
Our solution updates the flight deck to the most modern systems available greatly expanding the conditions the
helicopter can operate in while at the same time providing a much greater level of safety and reliability.
This system provides all the latest and greatest typically associated with the best business jets but does it at a very
affordable cost while at the same time offering a weight savings over the old avionics. This system has already
been installed in Mi series helicopters and has been selected for a major government upgrade program in another
helicopter type.
SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS
 Up to Four Screen EFIS
 Large central MFD / Mission Computer with Video Input
 EICAS Display for all Engine Indications & Crew Alerting
 All New 5 Axis Digital Autopilot / SAS Designed for Heavy Helicopters
 Heli-TAWs with Global Database
 Tower / Antennas / Obstacle Alerting with Global Database + User Added
 TCAS I or II
 Synthetic Vision
 Dual ADAHRS (Air Data + AHARs)
 WAAS Capable GPS
 Dual Integrated FMS
 Integrated Digital Flight Record----play back the last 5 flights
SYSTEM HIGHLIGHTS
 User-Definable Approaches
 Highway-in-the-Sky
 Hover Vectors
 Moving Map that includes Rivers / Lakes / Bodies of Water and Political Borders
 Radar / Traffic Overlay on the Moving Map
 Designed for Helicopters
 Light Weight
 Operates in Extreme Environments. Electronics are Sealed from the Elements.
 Day, Night, VFR, IFR
 NVG Compatible Without Using any Films
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The avionics system upgrades will be certified for day time,
night time, VFR and IFR. All displays will be night vision
goggle compatible.
The Cobham IDU-680P EFIS with supporting Cobham
Avionics will be at the heart of the upgrade. The Cool City
Avionics SAS/Flight Director/Autopilot will replace the
existing Russian SAS.
The six-by-eight inch portrait display, called the IDU-680P,
is an extension of the certified IDU-450 four-by-five inch
landscape display currently featured in the US Navy TH-57
cockpit modernization program and helicopter OEM applications.
Engineered to satisfy extreme helicopter environmental operating requirements, the IDU680 provides more screen area with less weight and forms the core of the Cobham
Cockpit solution for civil and special-mission helicopters and airplanes.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Like the IDU-450, the IDU-680P features integrated helicopter and fixed-wing TAWS
(Terrain Awareness and Warning System), night-vision goggle compatibility, integrated
GPS and FMS (Flight Management System), and on-board digital flight recording. It also
shares the IDU-450's unique synthetic vision primary flight display for airplanes and
helicopters, highway-in-the sky navigation, hover vector symbology, and a wide range of
engine display and master caution system options. Like all Cobham Avionics flight
displays, the software is DO-178B, Level-A.
The IDU-680 can accept a variety of sensor inputs including Cobham's integrated or
remote-mount, one-pound ADAHRS (Air Data / Attitude / Heading Reference System)
and GPS-WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) receiver. The display also supports
up to five RS-170 video inputs as well as TCAS-I / II and ADS-B traffic systems. The IDU680 will be available in both FAA-certified and MIL-STD versions.
“Cobham Avionics is delighted to now offer the features of our proven IDU-450 in a largeformat display,” says Vice President Mike Sheehan. “The IDU-680 will meet customer
demand for our proven, innovative software and robust hardware in a larger format.”
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The Cobham EFIS will consist of 4 IDU-680 displays set up in a pilot PFD, pilot MFD, copilot PFD, co-pilot MFD configuration.
Cobham will also supply a pair of Cobham VHF Comms, a pair of VHF Navigation
receivers with Glide Slope receivers, a pair of DMEs and a digital audio control system
that includes four intercom stations.
Dual digital Air Data computers with an integrated Attitude Heading Reference System
(ADAHRS) are part of the Cobham EFIS.
Heli-TAWS is an integrated part of the Cobham Avionics package.
Synthetic Vision is an integrated feature of the Cobham Avionics package.
Engine instrumentation will be integrated into the Cobham IDU-680P EFIS. Engine
system transducers will be changed as required to facilitate the proper interface to the
EFIS.
Crew Caution Advisory Annunciations will be displayed on the Cobham MFD.
SYSTEM OVERVIEW
A Pair of L3 Trilogy Secondary Flight Displays with internal battery backup power and
remote magnetometers will provide the required emergency flight instrumentation.
A 15 inch diagonally measured video display will be installed to provide a display for
customer specified systems, such as street maps, Infra-Red camera images, surveillance
camera images, etc.
A L3 Skywatch 899 TCAS 1 System will be installed to provide active traffic collision
avoidance detection. Rockwell Collins TCAS II can be provided at an additional cost.
The Cool City 5 channel Stabilization Augmentation System/Flight Director/Autopilot will
replace the existing SAS.
IFF transponders, UHF communication radios, encrypted radios, cockpit voice recorders,
flight data recorders, IR vision, weather radar and other customer required avionics
systems can be provided at an additional cost.
All installations will come with complete engineering drawings and documentation.
Samples of different display format options.
AUTOPILOT SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The following is a brief of the autopilot system. The description and pictures represent
the HFC-150 system. All of the details of the actually model that will be installed in the Mi
helicopter have not been publicly released yet. Needless to say it has been designed for
heavy helicopters and is currently being integrated into a helicopter as part of a major
purchase by a major government / military.
After more than seven years of research and development, a team of highly experienced
autopilot professionals has designed the first professional, full-function, digital flight
control system that is light-weight and affordable for the light and medium-sized
helicopter fleet. No longer is system pricing beyond the cost-effective reach of this vital
portion of the rotorcraft market.
All helicopter pilots now have available to them the safety enhancements and multiple
flight benefits of the stability augmentation and autopilot systems utilized by the larger
helicopter and fixed-wing pilots for decades.
AUTOPILOT SYSTEM OVERVIEW
Cool City Avionics automatic flight control and stability augmentation systems offer the
pilot the ability to more easily manage flights, while providing the passengers a more
comfortable ride. SAS and autopilot systems are proven aids for reducing pilot stress and
fatigue, while providing an enhanced safety environment for everyone on board.
4 minute video
on the robustness
of the Cobham EFIS.
PRICING
This system is extremely affordable. In fact it is about one half the cost of a similar
outdated system that wasn’t nearly as capable.
For the lower budget customer a basic two, three, or four screen system could be
installed without EICAS and other options. This would still give the customer a very
capable system with many addition benefits over what’s presenting in the helicopter.
Things like HTAWS and synthetic vision are part of the basic system.
For the ultimate upgrade things like EICAS, mission computer / MFD, digital autopilot,
TCAS, enhanced (IR) vision, and other customer designated items are integrated.
Pricing starts around $600K and can top $2.4M. Due to the large numbers of variables
please contact us for a quote of your system.
Hopefully you now have an idea of why this is the best avionics system currently available
anywhere in the world for retrofit. It offers more features, robustness, and value for the
dollar than anything from any of the more well know vendors.
This system is designed for and can be installed in most helicopters and fix-wing aircraft.
Significant cost savings and safety can be derived from selecting this system for
installation in multiple fleet types. It would greatly reduce the training requirements and
parts inventories required.
A detailed file on this system is available upon request.
While the components are not ITAR restricted any military installation will require
clearances.
Due to the large number of configuration options available, please contact us to get a
quote for you application.
Please contact us to assist /
quote your with your project.
P O Box 75300
Cincinnati, OH 45275
Tel. 859-250-0082
Fax: 859-681-0681
www.raptoraviation.com
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