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07-26-2010

Kannad Aviation launches the new INTEGRA ELT, an innovative breakthrough in aircraft safety at AirVenture in Oshkosh, USA

Guidel 26-7-10 – Kannad a company of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris – FR0010501015 – ALORO) announces today that it is launching a new generation Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT), the Kannad Aviation INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT.

The new INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT is a major step forward in the development of ELT technology and aircraft safety equipment. The INTEGRA is the only ELT in the world which operates on the international 406MHz satellite search and rescue system and includes an internal GPS and 406MHz antenna, plus an internal battery.

As a result of this technological breakthrough the INTEGRA offers the international flying community a number of major benefits over the standard ELT models available on the market today. These include:

• a fail-safe system which in the event of ditching the aircraft or a crash landing resulting in considerable damage, allows the INTEGRA, through its automatic activation, to still have the ability to transmit and send both the unique identification and GPS position through its clever design.

• the ability for the pilot or crew  to remove the ELT from the downed aircraft, as it will continue to transmit its lifesaving message even once removed from the airframe.

The INTEGRA ELT can also be installed on certain models of aircraft without having to fit an expensive external antenna (national authorities’ rules and regulations permitting) and additional external GPS interface. This will reduce cost and complexity for the aircraft owner when choosing to install the all-important life saving device. 

Technical characteristics :

Weighing in at just 1.873lb and measuring just 6.89 x 3.90 x 3.40 inches the INTEGRA boasts a number of new and innovative features in a very small easy to install package. The INTEGRA transmits on both the international 406MHz satellite search and rescue system and on 121.5MHz for local direction finding. The minimum operating temperature of the unit is -20°C.

The INTEGRA is available for installation on all types of aircraft, fixed wing (AF and AP versions) and helicopters (AF-H and AP-H versions). The INTEGRA is supplied as a kit and includes a universal mounting bracket, a remote control unit and additional connectors.

The internal battery life of the INTEGRA is 6 years and the transmission on 406MHz when activated is a minimum of 24 hours.

Visit us on booth number D4109/D4110 at Oshkosh, from 26th July - 1st August to view our products close up and speak to the experts.

This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not and may not be offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.

About Kannad

Kannad, a company of the Orolia Group, specialises in producing aviation beacons which have saved thousands of lives over the last 20 years. Kannad’s products are tailored to each type of application, from airliners to light aircraft. Kannad also provides tracking solutions which are dedicated to niche markets where environmental conditions require a high level of reliability and expertise for a specific task.

About Orolia

Orolia is a high-technology group specialized in precise Positioning, Navigation and Timing. Orolia provides high-precision electronics equipments that generate, distribute, measure and process the high-precision time & frequency signals that critical operations use to detect, trace, control, analyze or synchronize time and location-critical events. High-precision timing, positioning and synchronization solutions are vital for critical applications in growing markets such as Defense, Public Safety, and Telecom & Broadcasting in land, maritime, air or space environments. Since 2006, the Orolia group has been able to establish itself as one of the leaders in PNT solutions at a global level through five companies: Spectracom, SpectraTime, T4Science, McMurdo and Kannad. Orolia’s headquarters are located in Les Ulis, (France). The company also has main offices in Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Stockholm (Sweden), Rochester (New York), Basingstoke (UK), Portsmouth (UK) and Guidel (France).

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