The Flight Management System, your pathway to smooth flying

Civilian airspace, tactical military mission planning, unpredictable events, Degraded Visual Environment (DVE), multiple sensors, connectivity… The list of elements a helicopter pilot needs to factor in while flying is a long, diverse and complicated one. And today, more  than ever, as theatres of operations continue to complexify with faster-paced technological evolutions and a constant stream of incoming data, pilots need to be flexible and agile.  This, in turn, requires accurate and agile systems that facilitate precision flying across multiple environments and through diverse degraded conditions.

Today’s theatres of operations are faster-paced and more complex than ever before. It is not just about the speed of technologies on the ground – e.g., sensors and effectors – but also about the speed at which such technologies change, evolve, and become part of those theatres of operations. To make matters even more complicated, operational environments are also becoming more complex. From various environmental conditions – I.e., DVE – across different theatres, to diverse, multiple and potentially saturating threats, navigating the fog of war can sometimes become challenging.

In such scenarios, the tactical edge will go to those who manage to secure the technologies that facilitate information superiority and enable fast, agile, and flexible flying. Helicopter pilots know that despite all the work that goes into preparing a flight plan ahead of a mission, conditions, environments, and priorities can all change within minutes – or even seconds – and they need to adapt swiftly.

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