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Air Force To Outfit Rescue Choppers With Collision-Avoidance Systems

Air Force To Outfit Rescue Choppers With Collision-Avoidance Systems
First UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter test flight in Huntsville, Ala. Photo: Northrop Grumman.

The U.S. Air Force has chosen FreeFlight Systems to provide FAA-mandated collision-avoidance systems for the Sikorsky [UTX] HH-60G Pave Hawk, the service's primary combat search-and-rescue helicopter.FreeFlight's 1203C satellite-based augmentation system/global navigation satellite system sensor will provide automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, or ADS-B, for the Pavehawk.Once installation is complete, the helicopters will be fully compliant with the FAA-mandated ADS-B equipage directive, which dictates all aircraft operating in U.S. airspace are required to have an ADS-B system that includes certified position source information…

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