ASDWire distribution date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:26:00 GMT +0100

Sagem Avionics, Inc is working with General Dynamics Aviation Services(r) for glass cockpit retrofit

Grand Praire, TX, October 17, 2006 --[ASDWire.com]-- General Dynamics Aviation Services® and Sagem Avionics, Inc. have teamed to provide low cost Integrated Cockpit Display Systems to Part 25 Gulfstream II®/III®, Falcon 20/50, Hawker 700/800, and Challenger 600/601-1A business jets. The modification removes existing older primary flight instruments, engine instruments, radar display, TCAS Traffic and Resolution display, navigational switching, and EICAS annunciators and replaces them with a state of the art SAGEM AMLCD Integrated Cockpit Display System (ICDS).

The modification includes options for Fiber Optic Gyro based AHRS and Digital Radar. The highly reliable AMLCD system provides full reversion capabilities to ensure flight information is available to pilots even in the case of failure. The major benefits of the system are better dispatch-ability, increased situational awareness, increased safety, and modernization of these still excellent performing mid-life aircrafts. The team plans to have the first Gulfstream II® flying by second quarter 2007. Orders are being taken now.

About Sagem Avionics, Inc.
Sagem Avionics Inc. a Delaware incorporated company with Headquarters in Dallas, Texas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sagem Défense Sécurité, a SAFRAN Group company. Sagem Avionics, Inc. provides high quality avionics products and services to Part 23, 25, 27, and 29 aircraft and helicopters.These include technical support, MRO services, and marketing and sales of SFIM, ARNAV, AVIAC and SAGEM commercial aerospace products including integrated cockpit display systems, helicopter autopilot systems, flight control components, aircraft condition and monitoring systems, flight operations quality
assurance software, and satellite communications for aircrafts.
For further information: www.sagemavionics.com

About Sagem Défense Sécurité
Sagem Défense Securité is a high-technology company in the SAFRAN Group. As a leading European defense and security electronics company in Europe, its business covers three main fields: navigation and aeronautics systems, where it is the world leader in helicopter flight control; optronics and air-land systems, where it is the European leader in surveillance and fire-control optronics; and the field of security, where it is the world leader in fingerprint-based biometrics.
Its equipment and integrated systems are used worldwide, helping to ensure air transport safety, secure data transmission, personal security and governmental defense capabilities at the highest level. Through the SAFRAN Group, Sagem Défense Sécurité is present on all continents.
For further information: www.sagem-ds.com

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