Innovative Solutions & Support’s New Cutting-Edge Flight Deck Takes Off

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The C-130 "Hercules"

A high-tech and multi-faceted upgrade for massive C-130 military transport aircraft has taken off for Innovative Solutions & Support, the Exton-based flight guidance and cockpit display designer and manufacturer.

IS&S just completed the first of an entire fleet’s worth of extensive flight deck upgrades, providing “unprecedented” capabilities for that aircraft through the installation of its NextGen Flight Management System (FMS), according to a Digital Journal report on the milestone achievement.

“This successful flight test and customer delivery is another example of the growing use of IS&S products for military applications,” the article stated. “The IS&S NextGen Flight Deck provides exceptional system integration, performance, low cost, lighter weight and lower power consumption.”

It does so by integrating “with seven large flat-panel displays, a standby navigation unit, a warning system and computers to enhance tactical and situational awareness while improving the reliability, maintainability and mission readiness of the aircraft.”

The IS&S project also includes retrofit for the similar civilian version of the C-130, the L-100-30.

Read more about the IS&S NextGen Flight Deck and its capabilities in the Digital Journal here.

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Top photo credit: C130 Hercules – RIAT 2010 via photopin (license)

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