PRESS
NEWS
Skyquest Aviation awarded airborne
camera contract by Marshall
Aerospace
17th September 07: Skyquest Aviation has been awarded
a design and supply
contract for airborne camera and closed circuit television
systems on the
Royal Air Force’s tanker variant TriStar aircraft.
The contract was awarded by
Marshall Aerospace of Cambridge, appointed by Lockheed
Martin as the
design authority for the UK RAF TriStar fleet.
Skyquest will deliver existing video
distribution and touch-screen display technology, and
adapt their own camera technology for improved levels
of live video during airborne
refuelling sorties. Live video can be sent to the flight
deck displays, giving aircrew accurate
situational awareness during airborne refuelling. Using
Skyquest’s new QuadView image
processing technology, aircrew will be able to select
and manipulate video from several
cameras to display either multiple on-screen images
or select an individual camera for a full
screen display.
The work, which forms part of an existing contract
between the DE&S Air Refuelling &
Communications Fleets Integrated Project Team and Marshall
Aerospace, will begin with a
trial installation of the equipment at Marshall’s
Airport in Cambridge October 2007.
Six of the nine RAF TriStar aircraft
are fitted for air refuelling, these are known as the
K
Mk.1 and KC Mk.1 variants. Skyquest Aviation are based
in Berkshire and supply industry
leading video display, video distribution, video recording
and video transmitting technology
for airborne surveillance aircraft such as military
and civilian police helicopters.
Sample 'QuadView' image processing
Ends.
Skyquest Aviation supply industry leading video display,
video distribution, video recording and video transmitting
technology for airborne surveillance aircraft.
For further information please contact:
Geoff Turner
Geoff.turner@skyquest.co.uk
Telephone: 01628 891017
