AKV, Latitude Partner on Engine Monitoring System

Flight data monitoring provider Latitude Technologies (Booth No. 411) and AKV (Booth No. 1624), maker of engine cycle counters for helicopters, announced a jointly developed technical interface between the companies’ products. The new interface is designed to provide fleet operators with valuable engine condition and performance data.

AKV president Jonathan Gunn said the companies worked together to pair the AKV ETM1000 exceedance and trend monitor to Latitude’s IONode ION100 lightweight flight data recorder, allowing engine condition data to be recorded and transmitted for analysis and maintenance planning. “In combining [the two systems], engine trend data along with recorded events can now be seamlessly synchronized and displayed with Latitude’s post-flight analytical software to provide a full and accurate picture of a helicopter’s operation,” he said.