Press Release

Issued by Universal Avionics, an Elbit Systems company.

May 20, 2013

With flight test activities for Universal Avionics’ new AHS-525 Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) largely completed, it is now available for order and delivery scheduling. Certification and shipment is expected in August 2013. “We are very pleased with flight testing of the new AHS-525, as it has performed at or beyond expectations,” said Paul Damschen, Universal Avionics’ manager of airworthiness and flight operations. “We expect it to exceed customer expectations, and our confidence has allowed us to start using the AHS-525 in IMC flight conditions already,” he added. The stand-alone AHS-525 presents the superb reliability of Micro-Electromechanical (MEMS) technology needed to support Next Generation flight decks. The AHS-525’s MEMS technology has all of the advantages of reliable solid-state technology, along with a compact/lightweight size, ease of alignment procedures, increased reliability over VGs and DGs, simplified retrofit installations, and operating costs.

Bringing renewed performance and confidence to operators, the AHS-525 is a cost effective solution for replacement of fragile mechanical “spinning” gyroscopes.