Oman Air has selected a full suite of avionics from Rockwell Collins, a leading provider of avionics systems, including the company’s most advanced weather radar, multi-mode receiver and next-generation Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance (TCAS II) offering.

The deliveries of the suite for the 11 new Boeing Next-Generation 737s will begin in late 2014, said a statement.

The selection includes Rockwell Collins’ MultiScan Threat Detection System, which is a fully automatic airborne weather radar system that combines the latest weather science with advanced engineering concepts to identify and analyse thunderstorm cells, and display the weather threat. The end result is fewer flight diversions, which leads to lower fuel burn, and greater passenger comfort due to minimising unexpected turbulent encounters.

The latest version of MultiScan features many new capabilities that enable the prediction and display of hail and lightning potential, thunderstorm-related bow-wave turbulence, and storm cell tracking.

The GLU-925 Multi-Mode Receiver (MMR) enables airlines and operators to take advantage of evolving Required Navigation Performance (RNP)/Area Navigation (RNAV) and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) capabilities.

The receiver will fulfil the requirements for aircraft navigation position source, Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS), Category I Global Positioning Landing System (GLS), accessing RNP/RNAV airspace (down to RNP Authorization Required 0.1), and meets the GPS position and availability requirements for ADS-B Out mandates.

For reliable TCAS II operations, Oman will utilise Rockwell Collins’ next-generation TTR-2100 traffic computer, which also enables future ADS-B In applications. – TradeArabia News Service