A Better BFG Skywatch
BFGoodrich, recognizing that many business aircraft operators
need a traffic advisory system with more than six miles of range,
is launching Skywatch HP, a $24,600 traffic detection and display
system capable of tracking up to 35 intruder aircraft and displaying
their positions up to 15 miles away.
The higher performance model of Skywatch also can process closure
rates as high as 600 KTAS, thereby making the system suitable
for the fastest business jets.
Skywatch HP also will be compatible with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
when the technology becomes available. The system has an ARINC
429 interface, enabling it to be linked to compatible EFIS and
MFD displays. It also can share a 3-ATI display with a BFGoodrich
WX-1000 StormScope-brand lightning detection device.