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The Global Helicopter Fleet with Helionix Avionics Logs 500,000+ Flight Hours


Underscoring its growing popularity with operators worldwide, Airbus Helicopters’ Helionix avionics suite now equips more than 500 H135, H145, H160, and H175 rotorcraft around the world – with over half a million flight hours logged to date by this fleet.


Airbus continues to enhance the capabilities of Helionix with new features,


functionality, and connectivity – as well as


adaptations that are specific to the various versions in Airbus Helicopters’ rotorcraft family.


Pilot’s best friend


As the state-of-the art avionics solution developed in-house by Airbus Helicopters, Helionix provides greater operational safety and mission flexibility in an intuitive, pilot-friendly cockpit environment.


It offers an innovative cockpit layout with two to four multi- function screens designed to improve pilots’ situational awareness. In particular, the system displays only the most pertinent details of a flight phase – filtering out all unnecessary and distracting information, according to Christian Gottschalk, head of the Helionix program at Airbus Helicopters.


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Completing the avionics suite are a GPS navigation/ communication system and traffic advisory notification, along with a mission system incorporating a digital map, terrain avoidance capabilities, and synthetic vision cockpit technology. Further contributing to a reduction of the pilot’s workload and enhanced safety is the Helionix four-axis autopilot.


Helionix also lowers helicopter maintenance costs by monitoring more than a thousand parameters in real time – allowing operators to monitor system trends and anticipate unscheduled maintenance operations.


Airbus’ Helionix avionics suite filters out unnecessary and distracting information so pilots can focus on the most pertinent details.


Constant evolution


Helionix is continually evolving with each new version, taking customers’ requests and feedback into account. This includes bolstering search and rescue (SAR) capabilities and introducing Rig’N Fly automatic mode approaches for landings on oil platforms. Other flight monitoring and failure management functions have recently been developed as well.


Following an agreement with the heli-offshore community to implement new helicopter terrain awareness and warning


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