Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight enter into supply agreement for Pulselite Bird Strike Prevention System

Airbus Helicopters and Precise Flight, have entered into a supply agreement for the Pulselite Bird Strike Prevention System which will be offered as an option on all Airbus Helicopters models marketed in the United States. The Pulselite System is an FAA certified lightweight electrical system controller that alternately pulses the landing and auxiliary lights of a helicopter, thereby increasing its visibility and reflecting the speed and directional movement of the aircraft. The Pulselite System has been shown to reduce bird strikes up to 66%, according to Precise Flight. The recent exponential growth in global bird populations, combined with the increase in global air traffic, has caused bird strikes to become a primary safety threat and financial burden to rotorcraft operators.