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1980
1980 - 0034.PDF
Sperry Update A timely report of Sperry flight Systems activities in the airline, defense, space and general aviation markets. 9 Sperry units to control space shuttle experiments. Sperry communication and data handling systems, based on Sperry multiplexer-demultiplexer (MDM) systems for the Orbiter itself, will help integrate scientific experiments as space shuttle pay loads. The flexible MDM units with microprocessors will provide expen ment control independent of the Orbiter's mam on-board computers. One application of the Sperry flexible MDM will be for the NASA/TRW Materials Processing in Space (MPS) Program, a shuttle/spacelab experi ment to commence in the early 1980s. Mitsubishi, Piper select Sperry flight controls. • Mitsubishi Aircraft International has selected Sperry integrated autopilot/flight director systems for its new Diamond f business jet and the Marquise and Solitaire propjet executive transports, while Piper Aircraft Corp. will offer the Sperry SPZ-200A system in its Cheyenne II turboprop. The SPZ-900 system will be standard in the Diamond I, and the SPZ-500 system with torque programming will be Marquise and Solitaire factory equipment. Piper plans to make the SPZ-200A a customer option beginning early in 1980. Sperry FMCS chosen for new Airbus A310. The digital Sperry automatic navigation and performance moni toring flight management computer system (FMCS) will be standard equipment on the new A310 wide- body airliner to be built by Airbus Industrie. The FMCS will serve as 1 the nerve center for the aircraft's digital avionics suite. A similar system was earlier selected by Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company for its 757 and 767 airliners. Sperry to convert F-lOOs to U.S. Air Force drones. Sperry has commenced conver sion of surplus F-100 fighter-bombers to QF-100 full scale afterburning targets under contract from the U.S. Air Force Armament Development and Test Center, Eglin AFB, Florida. The QF-100 will succeed the PQM-102, of which Sperry is converting 145 from F-102 inter ceptors. The QF-100 will be a multiservice target for air-to-air and ground-to-air missile evaluation and combat crew training. The first of nine QF-lOOs will be delivered to Tyndall AFB, Fla., under an engi neering development contract running through March 1982. . The QF-100 will use present PQM-102 ground control and test equipment as well as many PQM- 102 airborne sub-systems. However, a digital flight control computer replaces four analog computers. The digital system will offer ease of testing and flexibility for future growth of operational modes. Sperry expands offerings for business aviation. New flight instruments, a cockpit voice advisory system, and a digital air data command display have been introduced by the Avionics Division of Sperry Flight Systems for business and commuter aircraft. In addition, Sperry integrated auto pilot/flight director systems are now available for retrofit into early serial number Cessna Citation I aircraft and as part of improvement pack ages for Model 23,24, and 25 Learjets. The new four-inch flight director instruments feature advanced digital electronic radio altitude displays in attitude director indicators. The new line, designated SPI-401 and 402, replaces the popular four-inch STARS line introduced in 1970. A female voice advises pilots of vital flight conditions in the VA-100 voice advisory system. It will provide vocal callouts of altitude alert, landing gear status, track change, minimum decision height, autopilot disconnect and gyroscopic sensor anomalies. The Sperry CD-125 air data command display offers convenient, precise control and monitoring of speed and vertical rate in high performance business jets. The 3.2 by 1.5 in. panel mounted display annunciates indicated airspeed, vertical speed, or Mach on a seven-segment incandescent numerical readout. Talk to us. We're Sperry Flight Systems, a division of Sperry Corporation. Talk to us. We'll listen. With us, listening is more than just a word in an advertising slogan; it's part of our philosophy of doing business. We understand how important it is to listen. FLIGHT SYSTEMS PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85036
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