Rotorcraft
Heli Austria Picks Thales/StandardAero StableLight Autopilot
Four-axis system will help pilots reduce risk in critical phases of flight
StableLight autopilot in H125
Heli Austria is installing the Thales/StandardAero StableLight four-axis autopilot in its Airbus H125.

European helicopter operator Heli Austria is installing the StableLight four-axis autopilot in its Airbus H125 helicopter. The installation is taking place at Heli Austria’s facility in Sankt Johann im Pongau, Salzburg.

StableLight, which was developed jointly by Thales and StandardAero, is based on Thales’ Compact Autopilot System and received FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) approval for the H125 in November 2023. In addition to stability augmentation, StableLight adds stabilized climb flight attitude recovery, auto hover, auto pull-up terrain avoidance, and other typical helicopter autopilot modes. “This enhances mission capability and can help to reduce risks in critical flight phases and adverse conditions such as inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions,” according to Thales and StandardAero.