At this year’s Paris Air Show, Esterline CMC Electronics (Hall 5 Stand 242) is showing, for the first time, the Cockpit 9000 avionics suite selected as an upgrade for Lockheed Martin C-130 cockpits. CMC also is highlighting the Cockpit 4000 system, the SmartDeck general aviation integrated avionics suite, recent FMS wins, the TacView military EFB and a new addition to the executive team, Claude Chidiac, vice president of customer support and strategic development.
‘The C-130 market has been a real strength for CMC,” said president Greg Yeldon. So far the system has been installed in seven C-130s–six for the Royal Saudi Air Force and one for the Fuerza Aérea de Chile. The Royal Saudi Air Force has a total of 23 orders and Chile two for the Cockpit 9000, and there are 10 international customers. Hundreds of C-130s qualify for the Cockpit 9000 package, said Yeldon. “We see more opportunity out there and we’re working hard at those.”
