[Avionics Magazine 11-17-2016] Esterline CMC Electronics’ combat-proven CMA-2082MC flight management system (FMS) was recently selected for a United States Air Force (USAF) upgrade program to replace legacy control display units (CDU) currently flying on the USAF fleet of HH-60G Pave Hawk search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopters. The contract was awarded to Esterline CMC through the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), Canada’s international government-to-government contracting organization.
The CMA-2082M is an intelligent, self-contained multifunction control and display unit that integrates and provides centralized control of navigation sensors, communications radios, displays, mission avionics and aircraft systems. Photo: Esterline CMC.
CCC was awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract as a result of a sole source acquisition by the Air Force Material Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.
Esterline CMC is on contract to deliver 50 non-developmental CDUs with the same form, fit and function as the existing CDU. CMC will also be providing non-recurring engineering to re-host the HH-60G CDU software from the legacy CMA-882 CDU to the new CMA-2082M CDU.
The CMA-2082M is an intelligent, self-contained multifunction control and display unit that integrates and provides centralized control of navigation sensors, communications radios, displays, mission avionics and aircraft systems. It features a large, user friendly three-inch by five-inch display area, a full alpha-numeric key panel and supports a number of interfaces.