The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) has announced the selection of Cobham to supply Synthetic Vision Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS) for their fleet of 14 Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopters.

The aircraft, completed by Hangar One, Carlsbad, California, will come equipped with Cobham’s two- screen, 3D synthetic vision EFIS system, including: Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Multi-Function Display (MFD), software version 7.0, WAAS Beta III GPS Receiver, integral TSO C-194 Helicopter Terrain Awareness and Warning System (HTAWS), integral Flight Management System (FMS), and Analog Interface Unit (AIU). The system is fully NVG-compliant.

Cobham’s EFIS reduces instrument scanning and pilot fatigue by consolidating readings of multiple instruments into one efficient tool, resulting in a dramatically reduced pilot workload and safer execution of flight plans and procedures.

Headquartered in Monterey Park, California, LASD is the seventh largest law enforcement agency in the United States and the nation’s largest Sheriff’s department. Serving over 2.5 million residents in an area over 3,171 square miles, LASD required cockpit avionics capable of superior performance over rural and urban communities and diverse coastal and inland topography.

About Cobham
Cobham’s products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 70 years, keeping people safe, improving communications and enhancing the capability of land, sea, air and space platforms. The Company has four divisions employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries, and annual revenues of more than £1.9bn / $3 billion.