Cutting edge technology that is helping today's helicopter pilots do their jobs more effectively, more safely and with greater ease will be on show during this year's Helitech, which takes place at Airport Cascais, near Estoril in Portugal from 5-7 October.
First up is Bose, which will be demonstrating its recently launched A20 Aviation Headset. Key areas of improvement on previous headsets include greater noise reduction capability – vital when cockpit noise levels can reach 105 dBA. Enhancing comfort has also been taken into consideration by using the latest ear cushion technology and a new earcup design that blocks more noise from entering the earcup, while allowing more room for the pilot's ears.
Helitech Portugal newcomer Garmin will be displaying its latest helicopter navigation equipment. The G500H is a glass avionics system designed specifically for VFR part 27 helicopters. It has Helicopter Synthetic Vision Technology (HSVT) and helicopter-specific databases that include more than 7,000 heliports as well as thousands of additional low-altitude obstacles.
Meanwhile BLR Aerospace will be exhibiting its FastFin System, which is a cost effective performance enhancing modification for single rotor helicopters. It increases altitude performance, providing more tail rotor effectiveness resulting in enhanced low speed and hover controllability.
In the surveillance arena, Carl Zeiss will be showing a number of products including its Goshawk 350 airborne observation system. This system is used on helicopters, low to medium height UAV platforms and light aircraft to improve mission effectiveness and enhance public safety. It also supports surveillance and law enforcement operations with its advanced multi-sensor imaging technology.
Helitech's exhibition director, Sue Bradshaw, said: “The helicopter industry has a genuine sense of community so it's unsurprising that so much attention is devoted to devising new equipment and technologies that help pilots to perform their roles more effectively while also keeping safety to the fore. Our conference this year also has a strong safety element running through the aerial firefighting and training streams and we're looking forward to hearing updates in these areas from our speakers.”
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