Innovative Solutions & Support Partners with Blackhawk Modifications to Distribute & Install Retrofit NextGen Flight Deck & I...
25 July 2017 - 4:00AM
Business Wire
Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISSC) has
entered into an agreement with Blackhawk Modifications, Inc. based
in Waco, Texas, to partner as a distributor and installation center
for Innovative Solutions & Support’s (IS&S) NextGen Flight
Deck and its Integrated Turboprop Autothrottle for the King Air 200
and 350 platforms.
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Geoff Hedrick, IS&S’s CEO/Chairman commented: “IS&S is
proud to partner with Blackhawk Modifications and utilize their
experience and history with the King Air 200 and 350 to bring our
NextGen Flight Deck and Autothrottle to King Air operators.” The
NextGen Flight Deck applies its recently STC’d PC-12 flight deck
with its Patent Pending autothrottle, the first and only FAA
certified for part 91 & 135. This can then be fully integrated
with Primary Flight Displays (PFD) and Multi-Function Display (MFD)
with dual satellite based augmentation system (SBAS) GPS receivers
in support of the Integrated Flight Management System (IFMS™) with
LPV approach capability. The result is an integrated avionics suite
providing unrivaled situational awareness, safety enhancements and
operational performance.
Hedrick further added: “Our Autothrottle’s Engine Out Thrust
Control will automatically adjust the remaining engine power if the
airspeed falls below minimum-control airspeed Vmc. The pilot can
maintain control as autothrottle mitigates the adverse YAW allowing
the aircraft to safely accelerate under full control.”
Blackhawk Modifications President & CEO Jim Allmon stated
“The IS&S NextGen Flight Deck and Turboprop Autothrottle is one
of the most innovative products I’ve ever seen in the turboprop
market. The King Air 200 through 350 market represent over 3000
airplanes with an additional 2000 in the C90 through E and F90
market. With over 5000 aircraft, this represents the largest pool
of upgrade candidates in the world.”
IS&S President Shahram Askarpour commented: “The IS&S
Turboprop Autothrottle allows a pilot to automatically control the
power settings of the engine. The Autothrottle computes and
controls appropriate power levels and features an automatic
take-off and go-around mode that smoothly brings the turbine engine
to max power in a few seconds.”
The Autothrottle includes two other major modes; the torque hold
and airspeed hold modes, where the pilot selects the desired torque
or desired airspeed. At all times and regardless of the mode, the
system protects the aircraft from over and under speed as well as
protects the engine from over torque or over temperature.
When engaged by the pilot, the Autothrottle system adjusts the
throttles automatically to achieve and hold the selected airspeed
guarded by a torque/temperature limit mode. If the pilot manually
adjusts the power level and approaches torque or temperature limits
the Autothrottle will warn the pilot with a built-in throttle
handle shaker system.
IS&S will utilize a King Air provided by Blackhawk
Modifications for flight testing and expects an STC shortly.
IS&S has been developing our NextGen flight deck for the
past 10 years, with hundreds of fielded systems. With that
development, we simplified the flight deck and created the tools
pilots need to take advantage of high resolution graphics that
provide synthetic vision, real time weather, LPV and RNP
approaches, intuitive flight planning, electronic checklists,
graphical charts and maps. Even with this wealth of information,
pilots are still required to multi-task in the cockpit; our
autothrottle provides that logical next step in relieving pilot
workload and enhancing safety for them and their passengers.
About Innovative Solutions & Support, Inc.
Headquartered in Exton, Pa., Innovative Solutions & Support,
Inc. (www.innovative-ss.com) is a systems integrator that designs
and manufactures flight guidance and cockpit display systems for
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) and retrofit applications.
The company supplies integrated Flight Management Systems (FMS) and
advanced GPS receivers for precision low carbon footprint
navigation.
About Blackhawk Modifications
Blackhawk Modifications, Inc., founded in 1999 in Waco, Texas,
is a recognized aviation leader in providing engine performance
solutions to the turboprop fleet. The company has the largest
installed fleet of STC twin and single-engine turboprop upgrades,
making Blackhawk the largest non-OEM buyer of new Pratt &
Whitney turboprop engines in the world. A worldwide network of
approved dealers and service support centers complements
Blackhawk’s U.S. facilities. For more information, visit
www.blackhawk.aero.
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