Jean-Pierre Mortreux, president and chief executive of CMC Electronics (Hall 3, D7/E7), has spent the last few months visiting customers of the Canadian technology company and has had "a very position response".
Now Morteux is making his first visit to a major international airshow since taking the reins of CMC late last year, coming from Thales Avionics North America.
"CMC has a long history from its days as the Canadian Marconi Company and has always had a tradition of providing quality products and employing very skilled people.
"Although we have been around a long time, I like to think of CMC as a 100-year-old start-up company," he says.
CMC is displaying its complete range of avionics, satcom antennas and electronic flight bag equipment.
The company is announcing some major milestones too, including the introduction of CPDLC (controller pilot data link communications) capability for its CMA-900 FMS on the Boeing 747 Classic aircraft of Japan Airlines International.
This is the only system currently on offer that provides FMS-resident Future Air Navigation System-1 data link functions.
The company is also poised to introduce its SATLite compact high-gain satellite antenna, which has been optimised for business jet, regional and narrowbody aircraft.
Mortreux says deliveries of the unit, which is fully Arinc 781 and 741 compatible, will commence in 2006.
Advantage
CMC is also leading the development of EVS enhanced vision systems for the business jet, air transport and military markets. The CMC EVS sensor was certified by Transport Canada a few months ago and allows operators to take advantage of new US Federal Aviation Administration regulations for enhanced landing capabilities in bad weather.
Pilatus has selected the EVS sensor for its PC-12 aircraft and Boeing Business Jets and Dassault have both chosen the unit for their corporate aircraft.
CMC will also supply the EVS sensor to Rockwell Collins for all its current and future BBJs and Next Generation Boeing 737 aircraft applications.
"Our customers say that CMC products are so reliable that they can be really thought of as 'fit and forget'," says Mortreux. "That's why I needed to visit them - to remind them who we are!"
Source: Flight Daily News
