WSI InFlight® Selected for L-3 Communications' SmartDeck® |
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WSI Corp.
400 Minuteman Rd.
Andover, MA, 01810
USA
Press release date: September 25, 2007
Graphic data-link weather incorporated in new integrated flight control and display system for General Aviation
ANDOVER, Mass., Sept. 25 -- WSI Corporation today announced that the WSI InFlight® broadcast cockpit weather service has been selected by L-3 Communications Avionics Systems to depict North American weather information on their new SmartDeck® Integrated Flight Controls and Display System. SmartDeck integrates navigation and weather along with traffic avoidance, terrain avoidance, communications, flight controls, engine monitoring and enhanced vision into a single 'easy-to-use' system. The WSI system will be offered as standard option to general aviation aircraft OEMs.
"I am pleased that L-3 has selected WSI InFlight for their integrated avionics suite recognizing the value that WSI delivers with high quality, aviation specific weather information, said Jim Menard, General Manager of WSI's Aviation business group."It is becoming apparent in the marketplace that data-link weather is a must-have for any new aircraft cockpit and with WSI InFlight available on the new SmartDeck platform, pilots will benefit from enhanced situational awareness."
"L-3 has worked with WSI for some time," said Larry Riddle, Vice President of Business Development for L-3 Communications."It was natural to extend the relationship to our next generation SmartDeck platform based on WSI's performance, quality, and customer feedback. Our joint desire to improve the safety and efficiency of flight operations makes the WSI InFlight service a perfect fit with our suite of avionics safety technologies."
The SmartDeck implementation of WSI InFlight will include WSI NOWrad®, the industry's leading depiction of precipitation over the United States, Canadian Radar, EchoTops, Lightning, METARs, TAFs, AIRMETs and SIGMETs as well as TFRs with more weather products anticipated in the future. The WSI InFlight weather broadcast will be received on board SmartDeck equipped aircraft by the AV700 system built by the L-3 Aviation Recorders division. SmartDeck, with WSI InFlight functionality, will be on display this week at the NBAA tradeshow in Atlanta. Demonstrations will be conducted by L-3 in booth #603.
About WSI Corporation
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven business solutions for professionals in the aviation, media and energy markets, and multiple federal and state government agencies. WSI provides the world's most innovative and trusted briefing solutions for aviation professionals through every phase flight. WSI's pre-flight briefing solutions include WSI Pilotbrief Online(TM) which was recently voted #1 by professional pilots for the 9th year in a row. Daily, thousands of aviation professionals trust the WSI Pilotbrief Online(TM) system, at the nation's top FBOs and corporate flight departments and the WSI InFlight® cockpit weather system in-flight to provide them with the necessary information to plan safe flights. WSI is also a supplier of cockpit weather services via the FAA's Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) Flight Information Services including Capstone and SafeFlight 21. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with offices in Birmingham, England, WSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Landmark Communications, Inc.
For more information call (800) USA-2FLY, or visit: www.wsi.com
About L-3 Communications - Avionics Systems
L-3 Avionics Systems has been providing industry-leading, safety-enhancing avionics technologies to aviation markets for more than 45 years. The company, which is known for bringing cost-effective and advanced technologies to the industry, has recently introduced the SmartDeck® Integrated Flight Controls and Display System, a next-generation avionics suite and the industry's most intuitive and cost-effective full cockpit system. Additionally, the company continues to provide a wide array of avionics safety technologies, such as the GH-3000 electronic and J.E.T.® standby instruments, SkyWatch® collision avoidance system, Stormscope® lightning detection system and the IRIS(TM) Infrared Imaging System, while customizing the smartest GA flight system available, SmartDeck, for the next generation of aircraft.
For more information, visit the company's web site at L-3Avionics.com.
Source: WSI Corporation CONTACT: Kristen Sullivan WSI Corporation Ph:+1-978-983-6607 Email:ksullivan@wsi.com
Michelle Stevenson L-3 Avionics Systems Ph: +1-616-285-4239 Email:Michelle.Stevenson@L-3com.com
Web site: http://www.wsi.com/ http://www.l-3avionics.com/
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