The Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil do Brasil (ANAC) has granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) which is based on the earlier US FAA STC allows GPMS’ Foresight MX HUMS to be fitted to Airbus H125/AS350B3 helicopters. Helisul Aviation assisted in the certification and is the first Brazilian customer to implement Foresight’s advanced HUMS. “We are excited to have worked with a great partner like Helisul to achieve this certification,” said Todd Powers, GPMS VP and Head of Sales. “Thanks to their help, H125 operators in Brazil can now install and utilize Foresight’s comprehensive and predictive HUMS capabilities. Brazil has a large number of H125/AS350 operators and this STC is a great first step to bringing the Foresight HUMS system to operators in Brazil and throughout South America.” Luis Cravo, Helisul Technical Director, explained that this was an important project for the company. “We were able to work very closely with the GPMS team during the STC process and learned a lot about the capabilities of the Foresight system. The H125 is a workhorse in our fleet and performs a variety of missions. Using Foresight on this platform is seen as an investment because it will help us increase availability, lower maintenance costs, and, of course, improve the operational safety of these aircraft”.
