SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, will provide PILATUS Aircraft Ltd with Communication and Identification (C&I) avionics systems ...
SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, will provide PILATUS Aircraft Ltd with Communication and Identification (C&I) avionics systems and – through its controlled company Sirio Panel - cockpit panels, which will be installed on the PC-21 turpoprop aricraft trainers. The contract is worth about 3,2 million euro.
These new systems will allow a wide range of tactical-operational scenarios to be simulated during pilot training.
The award covers V/UHF SRT-651/N-A systems for tactical communications,IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) identification systems, next-generation M424 transponders and ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) receivers for air traffic control.
The Pilatus PC-21 is a single-turboprop, low wing swept monoplane advanced trainer aircraft.
