Month: September 2016

Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Precise Flight, Inc. Announce New Agreement Intended to Reduce Bird Strikes and Make Flying Safer

11 September 2016 News by Gary Searing
Airbus Helicopters, Inc. and Precise Flight, Inc. announced today that they have entered into a supply agreement for the Pulselite® Bird Strike Prevention System which will be offered as an option on all Airbus Helicopters models marketed in the United States. The Pulselite® System is an FAA certified lightweight electrical system controller that alternately pulses
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Turkmenistan Orders DeTect MERLIN™ Bird Strike Avoidance Radars for Three Commercial Airports

11 September 2016 News by Gary Searing
US developed and manufactured technology could have prevented the birdstrike that caused the US Airways Flight 1549 crash DeTect maintains. DeTect today announced that it has received orders to supply its MERLIN Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radars for three commercial airports in Turkmenistan. According to DeTect's President, Gary W. Andrews, "DeTect's MERLIN bird radar system is
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Latest in Avian Radar Technology Installed at Seattle Tacoma International Airport to Help Prevent Bird Strikes

9 September 2016 News by Gary Searing
While not a "published" news story, this press release should be of interest to BSAC members. Accipiter Radar’s newest 3D avian radar now installed at Seattle Tacoma International Airport offers superior capabilities including the detecting, tracking and alerting of bird threats, even off-airport and at high altitudes such as the flock of geese that led
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