BAE SYSTEMS to Upgrade U.S. Navy Seahawks to Improve Reliability.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- BAE Systems BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. has begun delivering Replacement Attitude and Heading Reference Systems Attitude and Heading Reference Systems or better known as Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) are 3-axis sensors that provide heading, attitude and yaw information for aircraft. (R-AHRS) to improve the reliability and performance of U.S. Navy SH-60 Seahawk helicopters. The Navy recently concluded flight tests of the new system, and BAE Systems is now executing a rapid delivery schedule to equip about 240 helicopters by mid-2007. The R-AHRS replaces spinning-mass gyros This article is about the food dish. For other uses, see Gyro. Gyros or gyro (Greek: γύρος, "turning") (IPA: [ˈjɪːɹəʊ] and magnetic sensors with ring-laser gyros and other solid-state technology to increase reliability and availability and improve the accuracy of aircraft instruments. The system provides aircraft pitch, roll, and yaw yaw, in aviation: see airplane; airfoil. See pitch-yaw-roll. information and uses a three-axis magnetic azimuth detector to derive aircraft heading. These signals drive the aircraft's instruments and flight control system. "Replacement of older equipment with the R-AHRS system will greatly improve mission availability of the Navy's SH-60 fleet," said Joe Bell, the Naval Air Systems Command The Naval Air Systems Command, or NAVAIR, is the part of the United States Navy which provides materiel support for naval aircraft and airborne weapon systems, such as guided missiles. NAVAIR was established in 1966 as the successor to the Navy's Bureau of Naval Weapons (BuWeps). integrated product team lead for the R-AHRS product. "The solid-state technology will provide an order-of-magnitude increase in system reliability while improving the accuracy of the flight control system." In addition, routine periodic recalibrations of the R-AHRS magnetic azimuth detectors can be accomplished in flight, eliminating the expense and time associated with recalibrating the sensors on the ground. BAE Systems received an $18.3 million contract in 2003 to develop and produce 658 of the R-AHRS units for Navy Seahawks. "By putting more functionality into a smaller, lighter package, BAE Systems gives aircraft and ground platforms the ability to perform highly sophisticated missions with reduced box count, reduced weight, and greatly simplified platform integration," said Andre Doumitt, business development director for BAE Systems' navigation and AHRS AHRS Attitude Heading Reference System AHRS Attitude and Heading Reference System AHRS Attempted Hours (educational transcript) AHRS Altitude Heading Reference System AHRS Army Human Resources System AHRS Automatic Heading Reference System product lines in Los Angeles. R-AHRS is part of BAE Systems' NavPaq[TM] family of products that range from solid-state rate gyro assemblies to integrated systems that package inertial navigation, GPS, flight controls, and air data into a single envelope. About BAE Systems BAE Systems is the premier trans-Atlantic defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . BAE Systems, with more than 86,000 employees worldwide, had 2005 sales that exceeded $28 billion. |
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