Russian Helicopters intend to use a new intelligent system for flight safety

Russian Helicopters, the subsidiary of Oboronprom, forming part of Russian Technologies State Corporation, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of helicopters, announced at the second international Engineering Technologies – 2012 forum that all new Russian helicopters will be equipped with a comprehensive avionics system for monitoring flight conditions, automatic landing and collision avoidance starting in 2015, press-service of Russian Helicopters reports.
“The innovative development will improve situation awareness of an advanced helicopter’s crew by transmitting information regarding helicopter’s position and the environment to the cockpit as well as providing the pilot with images of the surrounding terrain, including during maneuvers at low altitudes in severe weather conditions at any time of day”, - the company noted.

 

 According to the plans of Russian Helicopters Holding Company, such an avionics suite can be produced on the basis of the existing and newly installed systems. Its various configurations will provide the crew with highly accurate positioning capability and also allow the helicopter to automatically hover above a given point and land automatically.

“At present the issues related to the improvement of the pilot’s situation awareness represent an interesting engineering and technical task for all the helicopter manufacturers, including Russian Helicopters. The new intelligent system will inform pilots about hazards in the landing zone and warn them about dangerous proximity to artificial and natural hazards (including power lines). The helicopter will be constantly updating and adjusting cartographical information. It is also able to choose unprepared landing site automatically (for example, in case of an emergency situation).

Source :http://www.ruaviation.com