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Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Receive EASA Certification for 25-Hour Cockpit Recorder for the Air Transport Market
New Cockpit Voice Recorder receives EASA Technical Standard Order DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) and Honeywell
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nNew Cockpit Voice Recorder receives EASA Technical Standard Order\n\n DAVIDSON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCurtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced that their 25-hour Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) developed for the air transport market has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification. Based on Curtiss-Wright’s compact, lightweight Fortress® CVR technology, the new Honeywell Connected Recorder-25 (HCR-25) surpasses the requirements of the upcoming 2021 EASA minimum 25-hour cockpit voice recording mandate for aircraft weighing over 27,000 kilograms.\n\n“The importance of reliable cockpit voice and flight data recorders cannot be overstated. That’s why we are working alongside Curtiss-Wright to design and develop the next generation of recorders that leverages our full hardware and software expertise to meet the 25-hour requirement, and identify the right information and make it available to accident investigation agencies when it’s most needed,” said Amanda King, vice president and general manager, Aerospace Connected Secure Solutions, Honeywell Connected Enterprise. “With the new regulatory requirement, we saw an opportunity to evolve our recorder technology to not only meet the conditions of governing agencies, but also make this product more powerful and better connected, providing aircraft operators with another source of data collection that can be used to improve aircraft maintenance and performance.”\n\n“Both companies are pioneers and innovators of crash-protected recorders, providing flight recorders to the industry for over 60 years,” said Lynn M. Bamford, President and CEO of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. “Working together, we will take flight recorder connectivity and performance to new heights, with extended operation and greater survivability.”\n\nDeveloped for customers that require Class 6 cockpit voice recorders, the HCR-25 CVR is ideal for both new installations and retrofit applications. It weighs less than 9.5 pounds (4.3 kilograms) and includes a 90-day underwater locator beacon.\n\nDeveloping the Next Generation of Voice and Data Recorders\n\nIn 2019, Curtiss-Wright and Honeywell announced a partnership to develop a new way for airlines to monitor and analyze flight data. The companies signed an agreement to develop the next g...