Avionics
Archangel Dual-use Avionics Help Military Fly Longer
The useful lifetime of the CH-47 Chinook military helicopter could be extended with installation of dual-use Archangel sensors.
Archangel designs its sensors such as this ADAHRS for both military and civil applications.
Archangel designs its sensors such as this ADAHRS for both military and civil applications.

Archangel Systems has implemented a strategy of making its attitude and heading reference systems (AHRS) and air data attitude and heading reference systems (ADAHRS) compliant with civil regulations as well as military standards for environmental performance and software certification. This dual-use commercial off-the-shelf (Cots) strategy will benefit military programs that rely on the products, especially the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Vertical Lift Initiative, which could see the life of the 50-year-old CH-47 Chinook extended through 2060, according to Archangel Systems. Other dual-use applications for Archangel products include Sikorsky Black Hawks and Bell Helicopter programs from Hueys to others under development.