Honeywell’s aerospace electronic systems group is beginning the year by unveiling new technology that holds the promise of doing to conventional navcom radios what the personal computer did to electric typewriters. At the HAI HeliExpo, scheduled for February 14 to 16 in Orlando, Fla., the company will debut the 21st Century iteration of the Primus II integrated radio concept it introduced in 1987, and follow up with display and demonstrations at the AEA convention in Palm Springs, Calif., April 25 to 27.
Rather than receivers and transmitters per se, the latest Primus II radio equipment is based on software-programmable RF processing platforms offering a wide menu of communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) functions from the same basic hardware. The first two new remotely mounted units Honeywell is introducing are an integrated VOR/ILS/ datalink (VIDL) package with optional GPS, and a VHF datalink com radio with both voice and data exchange capabilities. Linking the revolutionary and the traditional, Honeywell has teamed with Gables Engineering of Coral Gables, Fla., to offer updated versions of the latter’s familiar radio control heads for installations where operators desire single-function upgrades through retrofit.
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