CMC Completes Delivery of Cockpit Avionics for Finnish Hawks

Esterline CMC Electronics has completed final deliveries of its Cockpit 4000 integrated avionics systems, which are being retrofitted in 26 Finnish Air Force BAE Systems Hawk jet trainers. Defense and aerospace group Patria, which is jointly owned by Finland and EADS, awarded the contract for the glass-cockpit upgrades to CMC for the air force’s fleet of eight Hawk Mk51s and 18 Mk66s.

The Finnish Air Force Hawks provide basic and advanced training at Kauhava Air Base for pilots destined for the F-18C and F-18D front-line squadrons. According to CMC, the upgrade aims to further increase the quality of flight training by improving the jets’ training efficiency and extending the training that is currently carried out on Hawk aircraft.