Rockwell Collins Boosts Safety on Bristow SAR Fleet

Rockwell Collins avionics are flying aboard the mixed fleet of 22 Sikorsky S-92 and AgustaWestland AW189 helicopters being deployed by the Bristow Group to service its new search-and-rescue contract with the UK government.

Systems aboard the S-92 include a night-vision-goggle-compatible Rockwell Collins MFD-268P2B display with expanded optical processing. Rockwell Collins systems on the AW189s include the NVG-compatible MFD-2810 displays, HeliSure integrated helicopter terrain awareness warning system, open architecture cockpit display system that facilitates tight coupling with primary flight and navigation applications and the AgustaWestland flight management system and automatic flight control systems that can be used to fully integrate search-and rescue-patterns.

“This program will be the first to utilize our HeliSure flight situational awareness capabilities such as traffic alert and collision avoidance and synthetic vision, as well as the latest night vision technologies,” said Troy Brunk, vice president and general manager of airborne solutions for Rockwell Collins.