CMC Electronics plans to consolidate its present areas of strength, including satcoms, GPS, enhanced vision, electronic flight bags and flight management systems, says CMC president Jean-Pierre Mortreux.
"And we aim to develop our position in the integrated cockpit arena."
The Canadian-based avionics company (Hall 3, D7B) is at Le Bourget to spell out a five-year plan that could see its military Cockpit 4000 for trainers and Heli 4000 for rotary-wing types forming the basis of products for civil aviation.
With Cockpit 4000, CMC currently enjoys a near-monopoly of the market in integrated glass cockpits for new-generation military trainers.
First demonstrated at Farnborough last year in the turboprop-powered Raytheon T-6B Texan, this combination of head-up display (HUD), control panel, three multifunction displays and a pair of FV-4000 mission computers has also been fitted to the Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1C and the jet-powered Aermacchi M-311.
CMC says it is offering the package for the Embraer Tucano, while the Pilatus PC-21 sports the CMC SparrowHawk HUD.
"Over the coming year there will be decisions on trainer procurements in places like Singapore, while the UK is expected to issue its MFTS requirement," says Mortreux. "Our certain presence on four of the five contending aircraft means that our prospects are very good." CMC sees the trainer market adding up to around 1,000 aircraft in total, and aims to put an integrated cockpit into 300-500 of them over the next 10 years. "That could be worth as much as $100 million to us," Mortreux says.
"And we aim to develop our position in the integrated cockpit arena."
The Canadian-based avionics company (Hall 3, D7B) is at Le Bourget to spell out a five-year plan that could see its military Cockpit 4000 for trainers and Heli 4000 for rotary-wing types forming the basis of products for civil aviation.
With Cockpit 4000, CMC currently enjoys a near-monopoly of the market in integrated glass cockpits for new-generation military trainers.
First demonstrated at Farnborough last year in the turboprop-powered Raytheon T-6B Texan, this combination of head-up display (HUD), control panel, three multifunction displays and a pair of FV-4000 mission computers has also been fitted to the Korea Aerospace Industries KT-1C and the jet-powered Aermacchi M-311.
CMC says it is offering the package for the Embraer Tucano, while the Pilatus PC-21 sports the CMC SparrowHawk HUD.
"Over the coming year there will be decisions on trainer procurements in places like Singapore, while the UK is expected to issue its MFTS requirement," says Mortreux. "Our certain presence on four of the five contending aircraft means that our prospects are very good." CMC sees the trainer market adding up to around 1,000 aircraft in total, and aims to put an integrated cockpit into 300-500 of them over the next 10 years. "That could be worth as much as $100 million to us," Mortreux says.
Source: Flight Daily News
