Astronautics Corp. of America established a dedicated system solutions business unit for its portfolio of displays and cockpit integration, in addition to connected aircraft solutions product lines. The unit will focus on delivering integrated systems designed with Astronautics avionics, as well as those from its subsidiaries and other suppliers, to help address obsolescence, cybersecurity certification compliance, and mission capability needs for commercial and military aircraft.
Eytan Saletsky, director of system solutions at Astronautics, is leading the new business unit. He joined the company in February 2023 and has more than 35 years of integrated systems program experience, including more than 20 years at CMC Electronics.
Creation of the business line comes as Astronautics is completing two system solutions programs and was recently named a key supplier on a third. These include upgrading 12 Erickson S-65 Air Crane cockpits with custom-tailored avionics to support their crane and firefighting missions. The upgrade includes Astronautics’ Badger Pro+ Gen 2.0 smart 6-by-8-inch multifunction displays, engine data concentrator unit, and AeroSync Mission connectivity module.
Additionally, Astronautics is delivering a full avionics system with Badger Pro+ Gen 2.0 MFDs at the core for Enaer’s Pillan II trainer that will replace the 33 T-35 trainers in the Chilean Air Force. More recently, Astronautics was tapped to develop and integrate avionics for the Radia WindRunner.
“Given the steady increase in our orderbook of systems programs, now is the right time to formalize a system solutions unit and bring Astronautics back into the systems business,” said Astronautics president Robert Atac. “We are expanding on our pedigree of successful systems integration programs that modernized Brazilian, Saudi, and Peruvian C-130/L-100 military transport aircraft with a blend of Astronautics and supplier avionics.”