Southeast Aerospace (SEA) has been awarded the FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) number ST04570CH for the installation of the Universal Insight Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS), Datacom for CPDLC and FANS 1/A and a standby instrument in the Hawker 800(A)(B)(XP)-series aircraft.
SEA partnered with Universal Avionics to offer the latest EFIS technology, the Insight Integrated Flight Deck, to Hawker owners and operators, providing a much-needed avionics upgrade path. Universal Avionics designed the InSight Display System as an integrated flight deck solution, featuring embedded synthetic vision with advanced mapping capability, electronic charts, and radio control.
There have been little to no significant and reasonable upgrade paths for modernising avionics on Hawker 800 aircraft since production began in the 1980s. SEA's STC brings new cockpit avionics technology to the Hawker 800 series aircraft offering a much-needed solution for the aging and near or entirely obsolete original production avionics, in addition to providing new capabilities for pilots while improving safety and efficiency to guarantee operation for years to come.
The STC provides a modernisation option for Hawker 800A, 800B and 800XP aircraft with existing Collins EFIS 85/86, FCS-80 and APS-85 autopilots by upgrading to the new Universal InSight Integrated Flight Deck, the only viable EFIS upgrade to the Hawker 800 series in the market today.
FANS 1/A, CPDLC, and ATN B1 datalink capability is accomplished using the Universal Avionics UniLink UL-801 and Latitude DL150 Data Link unit.
When integrated with the InSight EFIS, the Universal datalink solution brings new navigation and communication capabilities.
