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ZZ 1354128894 DDBR0153+ (O&A-1b)
TRADITION
When William Elliott established his successful
instrument making business in London, in 1800,
he laid the foundation of a company which has
grown to be Europe's leading
producer of electronic systems
for aircraft -
GEC Avionics Limited.
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Formerly Marconi Avionics Limited,
we bear our new name with pride,
as a major part ofGEC, the
United Kingdom's foremost
engineering group.
The BAe Jaguar.
with special "strokes" (shown), depends
on the GEe A lIjanies digital flight control,
From its very foundation, our company at the heart of the aircrqfi's "fly bY ' wire~' system,
has made many important for sqfo, stable handling by pilots.
Technology is indeed
the proud tradition of
GEC AVI{)NICS
Marconi ADI Communicah"ons
The airadio and electro-oplical business 0/
Marconi was combined with Ellwn s flight
automation and radar business in 1967. It is
this same team which has grown to become
GEe A lIionics Limited.
DEDICATION IS OUR STRENGTH A TOTAL SYSTEMS COMPANY GEC AVIONICS
GEC Avionics Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GEC, the
GEC AVIONICS United Kingdom's most powerful engineering group, with the resources total capability... We deliver total systems
hardware, software and support for
and experience to tackle projects on an international scale. applications in the air, at sea,
Business is conducted by a number of long established Divisions, each subsea, on land and underground.
specialising in its own field and responsible to its own customers.
Systems, chosen for the highest
This enables resources and expert attention to be dedicated to projects large standards of cost-effective
and small. performance and operational
safety ...
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY plc.
All European Tornado aircraft are fitted with
Of E ~l. N O this advanced automatic flight control system
including "fly-by-wire" control and digital
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To meet customers' international
The company is a highly efficient trading obligations, we have also
team of 12,000 men and women, • successfully established work-
Special "fail sqfe" software techniques are applied
many of whom are professionally sharing in a number of programmes. in digital electronics for slat and flap control.
qualified scientists and engineers,
supported by skllIed technicians
and crafts people. ... including Our total systems expertise covers the re-equipment of
already in service, with integrated, mission-
With over 2.4 million sq.ft of well
equipped premises, G EC Avionics leads
retrofit systems. More than 50 types and variants
are now updating with
Europe in avionics production. The
company trades with 70 nations and
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exports more llVionics than any other UK
company.
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aVlonlcs Our range of avionics, wider than
... In any other company's, is
complemented by a variety of
related-technology products.
Unique systems integration
capabilities stem from this hreadth
of product experience.
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This unique Helicopter Air DaJa System meaSUNl An automatic gather and guidance system and
airspeed and direction accurately, right down to gyro assembly form part of the semi-automalic
the haver, on &11 Heliropter Textron AH-IS command-to-line-o/-sight system (SACLOS) of the
aircrqfi of the United Slates Army. Shorts Javelin missile.
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Dedicated repair workshops are designed for Reliability testing on the production line assures A typical engineen'ng test facility in one of our Extensive Computer Aided Engineering facilities
flexibility, to ensure fast turn-round limes across low de/eet rat/!s in service. factories. also have advanced capability for custom LSI
a wide product range.
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Several million parts are stocked 10 support our Automated parts storage in a typical division. Extensiv/! use is made of Automatic Test Professionally qualified engineers conduct and
avionic systems alone. A. full range 0/ civil and Equipment throughout production. This Orion support field trials where required.
Cu,sto'" ..·s' operational and maintenance stqjf are military support data is also supplied as manuals. A TE. our own product, is highly cost-<ffective for
trained using our modern facilities. microfiche, punched cards or audio visuo/ material. printed circuit board testing.
A TOTAL SERVICE.•• A TOTAL SERVICE...
This has created high levels of skill Our laboratories have close links
in software engineering to meet with product Divisions, where
many different real-time computing new ideas often originate,
requirements and the most stringent ensuring that research is
conditions of safety and integrity. geared to our customers'
needs.
This expertise in applications
software extends both to languages In addition to private
and their implementation. We are venture working, we
meeting the latest international undertake research
standards with navigation, contracts for customers.
weapon-aiming, air data, display, flight
control and other systems in current These include systems
production. studies, operational
analyses, VLSI and
As well as being an invisible asset VHPIC design and
Extensive work
to our hardware, software can be a development in materials, data is cam'ed out in LSI and
deliverable item in its own right. processing, automation, optics, VLSI circuit design. This single
Our capabilities in the architecture, communications, radar, applied hybrid module contains all the components
needed to incorporate a MIL STn 1553 data bus
testing, quality assurance and physics, electro-optics and many into any equipment. It is equivalent to lhefour large
configuration control of high level Software engineering leams throughout the
other fields. circuit boards required previously.
languages, are backed by the use of company are at the/or(fronl a/new systems
technology. They apply engineen'ng disciplines to --"""""--....,
the most powerful minicomputers every aspect 0/ software design, development and Looking to the future, we are
available to industry. support.
carrying out advanced researcb in
sucb areas as Intelligent
High power minicomputer, typical of many in the Knowledge-Based Systems
company. (IKBS). parallel processing,
interactive systems and molecular
electronics.