Rotorcraft
Airbus, Precise Flight Expand Bird-strike Prevention
The Pulselite system has received an amended STC so that it now can be installed on 67 Airbus helicopter types and variants.
Rotorcraft such as this Airbus EC130B can now be protected from bird strikes by Precise Flight’s Pulselite.
Rotorcraft such as this Airbus EC130B can now be protected from bird strikes by Precise Flight’s Pulselite.

Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight (Booth 4317) have been granted an amended supplemental type certificate (STC) for the latter company’s Pulselite bird-strike prevention system, which is installed on more than 25,000 aircraft (around 84 percent of the world’s business aviation fleet). Some 67 Airbus helicopter models are now covered, including all EC135, H135, EC145, H145 and AS350 models.