Saudi Arabia Approves CMC’s Cockpit 9000 LPV Option for L-100

Esterline CMC Electronics (Hall 5 D250) has received certification from Saudi Arabia’s general authority of civil aviation (GACA) for augmented-GPS approaches on the Lockheed Martin L-100, the civil version of the C-130 transport. The GACA delivered a supplemental type certificate approval for activation of the Cat 1-equivalent localizer performance with vertical guidance (LPV) capability on CMC’s Cockpit 9000 “glass cockpit upgrade.” LPV capability, which uses a satellite-based GPS augmentation system, has thus been deployed on two L-100s and 18 C-130s, Esterline said.