Completion specialist AeroBrigham has delivered a customized Bell 407 to the Orange County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office (OCSO). The law enforcement equipment and avionics integration were performed at AeroBrigham’s main facilities at Texas Municipal Airport in Decatur, which is just north of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex.
Components of the installation included a HeliSas autopilot; Garmin avionics, including helicopter TAWS; VisLink HDX 1100 downlink system; L3 Harris MX10 thermal imaging camera; TrakkaBeam A800 searchlight; Spider Tracks X aircraft tracking and flight data monitoring system; and Shotover ARS-700C moving map system. An extended instrument panel was installed to accommodate the law enforcement and tactical equipment configuration. AeroBrigham also provided custom interior and exterior paint.
AeroBrigham provides MRO, completion, and reconfiguration services for helicopters and airplanes. The company is expanding into a 45,000-sq-ft hangar in Decatur solely dedicated to helicopter support, including paint. The current facility will be dedicated to fixed-wing support.
The OCSO’s jurisdiction includes the greater Orlando area. Its aviation section began flight operations in the 1950s and it operates a fleet of four helicopters—three Bell 407s and one Bell 206L4. It also flies a Cessna T206H Stationair.