(Paris International Air Show – June 20, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its modular, integrated Cockpit 4000 has been enhanced for the Hawker Beechcraft AT-6 Light Attack and Armed Reconnaissance (LAAR) aircraft.

(Paris International Air Show – June 20, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that formal flight tests were completed and the first aircraft and spares were formally delivered to the Chilean Air Force (FACH) in April 2011 further to its selection of CMC in the fall of 2009 to provide the complete cockpit avionics systems upgrade of the FACH C-130 fleet. As prime contractor, CMC is responsible for delivery of the complete equipment suite including the supply of turnkey installation kits as well as all in-country activities including touch labour, training and support.

(Paris Air Show – June 20, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that the first flight has taken place in early May of a Finnish Air Force Hawk Mk66 advanced trainer equipped with CMC’s glass cockpit upgrade. CMC was selected by Patria, Finland, to perform a glass cockpit upgrade of the fleet of BAE Systems Hawk Mk66 advanced jet trainers for the Finnish Air Force. The Finnish Air Force purchased 18 ex-Swiss Air Force Hawk Mk66 aircraft in 2007 to add to their fleet of Hawk Mk51s.

(Paris International Air Show – June 20, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its Flight Management System (FMS), known as the CMA-9000, has been CAN-TSO certified by Transport Canada with fully coupled vertical navigation (VNAV) capability for the Sukhoi Superjet 100. The Superjet 100 is equipped with dual installation CMA-9000 FMSs providing multi-sensor based navigation and enhanced operational capability.

(Paris International Air Show – June 20, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation to supply its TacView® Portable Mission Display for the U.S. Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command Real Time Information in the Cockpit (RTIC) Program. The contract covers dual installations of the TacView system on board a total of thirty-two C-130H aircraft. Deliveries began in mid-June 2011 and will be completed by October 2011.

(Montreal, Canada – May 26, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics is pleased to announce that Mr. Claude Chidiac will join the company on June 15, 2011, in the position of Vice President, Customer Support and Strategic Development.

(Montreal, Canada – March 25, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its IntegriFlight™ Global Positioning System (GPS) Landing System has been certified for GPS Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV) Guidance approach operations on a Boeing 737-300 aircraft operated by Canadian North Airlines (www.canadiannorth.com). As a stand-alone ILS look-alike solution that smoothly integrates with existing navigation instrumentation, the installation of dual CMA-5024 Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) GPS Receivers in conjunction with dual CMA-5025 Control Panels provides a highly economic approach to retrofitting aircraft with LPV capability.

(Heli-Expo, Orlando, Florida and Montreal, Canada – March 6, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) invites attendees at this year’s Heli-Expo to visit booth #4234 and find out how CMC’s TacView® Portable Mission Display is fit for the mission by bringing a wealth of capabilities to the helicopter cockpit.

(Montreal, Canada – Feb. 22, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its second-generation SureSight® CMA-2600 I-Series™ Integrated Sensor System is now approved for use as an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) on the Dassault Falcon 7X. This approval was granted recently by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and follows the certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the lead certification authority, received in July 2010. With these approvals, F7X operators can now take advantage of expanded operational credits afforded to aircraft equipped with an EFVS.

(Montreal, Canada – January 26, 2011) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that it has recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Star Navigation Systems Group Ltd. (Star). CMC and Star will cooperate in the establishment of an integrated, turn-key aircraft data monitoring and reporting solution for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). This solution is based on CMC’s PilotView® Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) system capabilities and Star’s STAR-ISMS™ In-Flight Safety Monitoring System software, coupled with applications and aircraft integration services. CMC will promote the resulting solution to OEMs and select customers within the Air Transport and Business Jet markets as part of its cockpit system offerings.

(Montreal and Ottawa, Canada – December 7, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its TacView® Portable Mission Displays were praised in the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) final report issued on November 4, 2010. CWID’s final report reads:

“CMC successfully demonstrated the features and functions of TacView to provide the flight deck crew with improved situational awareness and critical real-time information which in turn can enhance mission effectiveness and safety.

(Montreal, Canada – Nov. 16, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its second-generation SureSight® CMA-2600 Integrated Sensor System supplied for the Rockwell Collins Enhanced Vision System (EVS) was certified in October 2010 by the Federal Aviation Administration on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), an Air National Guard C-40. The Rockwell Collins EVS is available to current and future BBJ operators as a post-production modification.

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition – Oct. 18, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its second-generation SureSight® CMA-2600
I-Series™ Integrated Sensor System is now approved for use as an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) for landing credits on the Dassault Falcon 7X by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This follows the EFVS approvals received by Dassault Aviation for the CMA-2600 Sensor System on the Falcon 2000 and 900 EASy Series aircraft.

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition (NBAA) – Oct. 18, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that it has achieved a milestone in production deliveries of its SureSight® Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) sensors, and will ship its 400th EFVS sensor in late October 2010.

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition (NBAA) – October 18, 2010) During a press conference held today, Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) presented ABC Completions of Montreal, Canada with the 2010 Dealer of the Year Award in recognition of outstanding sales achievements of CMC’s PilotView® Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). Greg Yeldon, President, Esterline CMC Electronics, and Jean-Michel Comtois, CMC Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Government and Public Affairs, presented the award to Gary Nash, President of ABC Completions.

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition (NBAA) – Oct. 18, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that provisions for a dual installation of its PilotView® Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have received STC approval in a Gulfstream model G-IV and G-V aircraft. The STC has been approved by Gulfstream’s Organization Designation Authorization (ODA).

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition (NBAA) – Oct. 18, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its PilotView® family of Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) is now installed on more than 40 aircraft platforms. CMC’s PilotView 8.4 inch and 10.4 inch EFB systems are in full production, and an enhanced display option is available for both configurations.

(National Business Aviation Association Conference and Exhibition (NBAA) – Oct. 18, 2010) Esterline CMC Electronics (CMC) is pleased to announce that its PilotView® Class 2 Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs) have a new capability - real time weather using Iridium. Customers operating in Europe or abroad now have the option of enroute weather displayed on CMC’s PilotView 8.4 inch CMA-1100 MkII and 10.4 inch CMA-1410 EFBs.

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