PRESS RELEASES
Citation X, XLS & Sovereign Added to list of 18 Business Jets Featuring Standard TCAS 2000
Certified TCAS 3000 Standard on new Falcon 7X from Dassault
Contact:
Steve Henden
Manager, Communications
ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company
623-445-7021
ORLANDO, October 17, 2006 – The TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system from ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company, has been selected as the standard TCAS package on three of Cessna Aircraft’s high-end business jet models – the Citation X, XLS and Sovereign.
“ACSS is proud to add these top-of-the-line Citation jets to the long list of business jets that already feature our TCAS 2000 as standard equipment,” said Kris Ganase, president of ACSS. “We’re thrilled to be recognized by Cessna for the performance, reliability and quality of our safety avionics and by providing our TCAS as the standard traffic collision system for their world renowned high-end Citation business jets.”
The TCAS 2000 is also the standard safety avionics package for a number of other premium business jets, including the Legacy aircraft from Embraer, Global 5000 and Global Express XRS aircraft from Bombardier, G350, G450, G500, and G550 aircraft from Gulfstream, Hawker Horizon aircraft from Raytheon, Learjet 40, 40XR, 45, and 45XR aircraft from Learjet and F900DX, F900EX and F2000EX from Dassault. In addition the TCAS 2000 is a standard option on the SJ30-2 from Sino Swearingen.
The TCAS 2000 became the industry’s first second-generation TCAS II product when it was launched in 1997. It has since earned acclaim throughout aviation for its long range and its ability to be upgraded for future enhancements, such as Automatic Dependence Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) applications. It has also been coupled with ACSS’s terrain awareness warning system (TAWS) to create the T2CAS, with orders of more than 1,500 units. The TCAS 2000 is now onboard more than 9,000 aircraft flying throughout the world.
Earlier this year, ACSS certified its latest TCAS innovation, the TCAS 3000. It’s the first and only third generation TCAS II product on the market and was selected by Dassault to be the standard TCAS on their new Falcon 7X business jet.
Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), an L-3 Communications & Thales Company, is a leader in safety avionics systems that increase safety, situational awareness and efficiency for aircraft operators. Based in Phoenix, its products include the TCAS 3000 and TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance systems; MASS™, an enhanced TCAS for military operations; a family of Mode S transponders; the T²CAS®, a combined traffic and terrain collision avoidance system; TAWS+, a stand-alone terrain awareness warning system; and the Dlink+ communications management unit. The ACSS portfolio also includes a suite of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast solutions for pilots operating in the airport vicinity called SafeRoute™. More than 45,000 units of ACSS product are operating in commercial, corporate and military aircraft. To learn more about ACSS, please visit the company's web site at www.acssonboard.com.