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How do Flight Recorders Survive Aircraft Accidents?

People often hear about the search and recovery of flight recorders, popularly called "black boxes", after an aircraft incident. The information these contain have been pivotal in improving flight safety for everyone for decades, so it’s vital these flight recorders can survive almost any crash.

Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright Develop Cockpit Voice Recorders to Help Boeing, Airbus Meet New 25-Hour Safety Mandate
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Honeywell and Curtiss-Wright Develop Cockpit Voice Recorders to Help Boeing, Airbus Meet New 25-Hour Safety Mandate

Collaboratively developed Honeywell Connected Recorder-25 now available to meet 2024 FAA Reauthorization Act mandating longer recording capability.

11/12/2024
Time to Move to 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders
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Time to Move to 25-Hour Cockpit Voice Recorders

Today, in the U.S., cockpit voice recorders (CVR) used on commercial aircraft are only required to capture and store two hours of audio information.

25-Hour Cockpit Voice/Data Recorder is First to Combine Data Acquisition, RIPS, and Integrated Quick Access Recorder
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25-Hour Cockpit Voice/Data Recorder is First to Combine Data Acquisition, RIPS, and Integrated Quick Access Recorder

Designed for use on defense and commercial aircraft, the new Fortress® Crash Survivable Recorder has received UK CAA TSO certification.

01/19/2023
EASA Certifies Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright 25-Hour Flight Data Recorder for the Air Transport Market
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EASA Certifies Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright 25-Hour Flight Data Recorder for the Air Transport Market

EASA Technical Standard Order awarded to new Flight Data Recorder that records and stores more than 3,500 hours of data

05/26/2021
Curtiss-Wright Selected by Scientific Research Corporation to Provide Cockpit Voice/Flight Data Recorder for Military Aircraft
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Curtiss-Wright Selected by Scientific Research Corporation to Provide Cockpit Voice/Flight Data Recorder for Military Aircraft

Fortress crash-protected flight recorder to support safety and training programs on T-6 Texan II aircraft used by U.S. Military.

04/28/2021
Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Receive EASA Certification for 25-Hour Cockpit Recorder for the Air Transport Market
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Honeywell, Curtiss-Wright Receive EASA Certification for 25-Hour Cockpit Recorder for the Air Transport Market

New Cockpit Voice Recorder receives EASA Technical Standard Order.

01/19/2021
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New Developments in Aviation Cybersecurity and Next-Generation Crash Recorders

Paul Hart discusses the latest EASA regulations for cybersecurity and DO-326A Airworthiness Security Process Specifications.

05/17/2019