China Eastern Airlines has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its Head-up Guidance System (HGS) for the carrier’s 58 new Boeing Next-Generation 737 airliners.
Deliveries are expected to begin this year. Rockwell Collins’ HGS displays key flight information in the pilot’s forward field-of-view, eliminating pilot transition from head-down to head-up flying.
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As a result, the pilots can focus on the outside world, which improves overall situational awareness and safety.
Rockwell Collins Asia Pacific vice-president and managing director TC Chan said: "With HGS, China Eastern will now have access to lower landing minima at approved airports throughout China, which means greater probability of landing during low-visibility conditions."
To date, seven airports in China have been approved for lower landing minima by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for aircraft equipped with authorised head-up displays (HUDs) such as Rockwell Collins’ HGS, including Beijing, Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi’an, Qingdao and Jinan.
58 other airports are scheduled to be approved for lower landing minima in the next two years.
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By GlobalDataDue to the enhanced efficiency and safety benefits of HUDs, the CAAC has started an initiative to encourage airlines to install the technology on their fleets in the coming years.
The ‘China HUD Application Roadmap’ calls for 10% of in-service airline fleets to be equipped with HUD by 2015, and on all airline aircraft where a HUD is offered by 2025.
Rockwell Collins has delivered more than 5,100 Head-up Guidance Systems to date, with 37 airlines across 23 countries operating the company’s HGS daily, in addition to hundreds of corporate and military transport aircraft operators worldwide.
Image: Rockwell Collins’ HGS displays critical flight information in the pilot’s forward field-of-view. Photo: courtesy of Rockwell Collins.
