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Universal Avionics upgrades Sultan’s S-76B

by · June 27

Universal Avionics is providing advanced avionics for two Sikorsky S-76B helicopters operated by His Majesty the Sultan of Johor’s Royal Flight.

The upgrade provides three EFI-890H Advanced Flight Displays (PFD-MFD-PFD) with Vision-1 Synthetic Vision System (SVS) and a UNS-1Fw Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS)-Flight Management System (FMS).

Design, certification and installation will take place at Universal Avionics authorised dealer, Heli-One Canada, in Delta, British Columbia.

Norm Matheis, Universal Avionics regional sales manager for Canada said: “This will be a stunning transformation of these helicopters for His Royal Highness. This package really is the perfect fit to future-proof VVIP and special missions S-76s.”

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