System To Be Offered On S-76C++ and S-76D, Under Consideration For S-92s TrueNorth Avionics, Inc., has been selected by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation to supply its advanced executive-class Simphone airborne telecommunications system for the S-76 helicopter, starting with two installations this summer at Keystone Helicopter in Coatesville, PA. A single-LRU system that let operators manage all their airborne communications -- Satcom, fax, broadband data, cabin intercom -- through an ultra-quiet, easy-to-use menu-driven handset, the Simphone system also features a "one touch" dialer for direct interface to the helicopter’s cockpit ICS systems. With its all-digital PBX and two channels of built-in, dual-channel worldwide Iridium Satcom, future-proof architecture, dual CEPT-E1 network interfaces and full executive customization,...
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