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INTUVUE RDR-7000 WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM

INTUVUE RDR-7000 WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM

Product catalog summary
Overview: The document provides a detailed overview of the Honeywell IntuVue RDR-7000 Weather Radar System, designed for rotary-wing applications. It highlights the system's advanced weather detection capabilities, safety improvements, and operational efficiencies.
Weather Detection and Avoidance: The radar system offers a comprehensive view of weather conditions with features such as volumetric 3-D scanning, pulse compression technologies, and extended turbulence detection up to 60 nautical miles. It includes predictive capabilities for lightning and hail, enhancing situational awareness and safety.
Turbulence Avoidance: The system improves safety by precisely locating turbulence and providing hazardous weather alerts. It allows for more effective routing decisions, reducing delays and diversions.
Proven Technology: The IntuVue series is certified to the FAA Enhanced Turbulence Minimum Operating Performance Standards (MOPS), ensuring reliable performance in detecting and avoiding weather hazards.
Safety Improvements: The radar enhances decision-making capabilities, allowing for earlier detection and rerouting around storms. It reduces aircrew workload by automating weather detection and eliminating the need for manual tilt adjustments.
Operational Efficiency: The system boasts a mean time between failure of over 7500 hours, utilizing a direct drive, DC brushless mechanical drive, and solid-state transmitter design. It offers a significant weight reduction over traditional magnetron radars, improving center of gravity loading and reducing maintenance costs by 80%.
Installation and Compatibility: The RDR-7000 is designed for near drop-in replacement with legacy Honeywell Primus Weather Radars, facilitating easy installation and integration.
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INTUVUE RDR-7000 WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM-1

INTUVUE RDR-7000 WEATHER RADAR SYSTEM For Rotary-wing Applications PROVEN RADAR TECHNOLOGY The IntuVue series was the first radar certified to the FAA Enhanced Turbulence Minimum Operating Performance Standards (MOPS) IMPROVES SAFETY Advanced, forward-looking weather detection and avoidance capability shows all weather hazards, all the time • Detects hazards along flight path • Predictive wind shear detection and alerting • Improved contingency decision making with off-path weather detection In weather avoidance decisionmaking ability to detect and re-route around storms sooner • Enhances decision making • Reduces delays, turn backs and diversions • Enhanced weather related situational awareness during critical inflight emergencies MORE COMPLETE VIEW OF WEATHER Radar automatically and continuously scans the airspace up to +/- 60 degrees • Volumetric 3-D scanning • Pulse compression technologies • Extended turbulence detection to 60nm • Predictive lightning • Predictive hail TURBULENCE AVOIDANCE Based on in-service data for the IntuVue Series; Compared to aircraft equipped with conventional radars • Precise turbulence locator • Improves safety by expanding situational awareness time • Hazardous weather alerting • More effective routing and re-routing decisions REDUCED AIRCREW WORKLOAD Automated weather detection displays significant weather without requiring manual tilt adjustment • Greatly reduces aircrew workload • Improves safety by expanding situational awareness time • Hazardous weather alerting • Advanced mission specific software modes such as Maritime Mode and High Fidelity Ground Map VALUE 7500+ HOURS MEAN TIME BETWEEN FAILURE System uses direct drive, DC brushless mechanical drive with coaxial rotary joints, and a solid-state transmitter design to improve operational uptime >50% WEIGHT REDUCTION OVER MAGNETRON RADARS Lower system–installed weight provides more favorable CG loading REDUCED MAINTENANCE COSTS 80% improved mean time between unscheduled removal (MTBUR) • Reduces operational expenses • Minimizes spares • Decreases operational delays NEAR DROPIN READY REPLACEMENT Installation kit permits near plug and play capab

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