The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for the installation of 25-hour cockpit voice recorders at the factory in new aircraft and retrofitting existing airliners. [Credit: Pixabay]
Key Takeaways:
Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright are collaborating to develop the HCR-25, a new combination cockpit voice and flight data recorder.
The HCR-25 provides 25 hours of recording time, addressing a mandate from the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act and NTSB concerns about insufficient data from past incidents.
The mandate requires all new aircraft to be equipped with 25-hour recorders, and existing airliners have six years to be retrofitted.
Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright corporations announced Tuesday that they are collaborating on developing a combination cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) with 25 hours of recording time.
The HCR-25 is now available for certain Boeing and Airbus airliners in response to a mandate from the 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act.
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