Avionics
Lower-cost FDRs likely for small jets
A Massachusetts company that has developed a flight data recorder (FDR) for aircraft in the category of the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 piston singles says the te

A Massachusetts company that has developed a flight data recorder (FDR) for aircraft in the category of the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 piston singles says the technology could also be applied in Part 23 business jets and turboprops, at a fraction of the price of current-generation FDRs.

Alakai Technologies of Hopkinton, Mass., has been working on its lightweight, low-cost FDR for the last year-and-a-half and has pitched the product to SATSAir, an air-taxi operation that flies a fleet of SR22s throughout the Southeast.