Aircraft flight management system Helios™

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Helicopters require avionics specifically designed for the unique rigours of corporate, military and special mission rotary-wing flight which is why we created Avidyne Helios. Helios is a new multifunction Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) flight management system that provides full Required Navigation Performance (RNP) and Area Navigation (RNAV) capability, including Localizer Performance with Vertical (LPV), Lateral Navigation/Vertical Navigation (LNAV/VNAV), LNAV-Only, and Approach Procedures with Vertical (APV) approach modes in a dzus-mount. But true capability required ease-of-use which is why we built-in features like easy flight planning, one-touch departure, airway, and arrival navigation, and included our patented GeoFill™ waypoint nomination. We even included a full keyboard and touch-screen input for easy map panning and flight plan editing. Features TSO-C146c for full SBAS/LPV approach guidance Display of XM or ADS-B weather with full graphics overlay Displays Jeppesen™ Electronic Approach Charts and Airport Diagrams including Heliports QWERTY-style dedicated keyboard along with touch-screen hybrid touch user interface Traffic display from TCAS, TAS, or ADS-B Electronic Approach Charts & Airport Diagrams Integrated Jeppesen’s chart services display charts, airport diagrams and include a geo-referenced overlay of present position and current flight plan reducing pilot workload. Integrated VHF Communication & Navigation Helios provides an optional integrated VHF COM & NAV radio in the same small enclosure. The VHF NAV provides VOR navigation, as well as localizer and glideslope approach capability.