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    AMETEK MRO Muirhead Avionics Now Has Full Repair Capability for Honeywell RTA-4B Weather Radar Transmitter/Receiver

    Dec. 18, 2017
    The RTA-4B contains the electronics necessary to transmit, receive and process the radar pulses used to detect turbulence, windshear, weather and terrain.

    LONDON, HEATHROW, UK – AMETEK MRO Muirhead Avionics, a unit of AMETEK Aerospace & Defense, now has the full capability to bench check, repair and overhaul the RTA-4B Weather Radar Transmitter / Receiver from Honeywell International. The RTA-4B is used as part of Honeywell’s RDR-4B Forward Looking Windshear Detection Radar System. The RDR-4B radar system is a pilot-oriented tool and is an enhanced version of the RDR-4A, the industry-leading standard weather radar of its time.

    The RTA-4B contains the electronics necessary to transmit, receive and process the radar pulses used to detect turbulence, windshear, weather and terrain. It interfaces the aircraft’s attitude reference for antenna stabilization and includes system integrity monitoring, self-test and fault memory circuits. With its predictive windshear capability, the RDR-4B system provides flight crews with advance warnings of wind conditions and both visual and audio windshear warnings, which are issued ten to 60 seconds before they are encountered.

    “The addition of the Honeywell RTA-4B Weather Radar Receiver-Transmitter is a significant addition to our MRO capability,” comments Steve Wells, Managing Director and Division Vice President for Muirhead Avionics. “The need for MRO services on the RTA-4B is substantial and proving to be a viable and important addition to our capability. The RDR-4B system is widely installed onboard aircraft and Muirhead Avionics is fully equipped to meet demand.”

    About AMETEK MRO Muirhead Avionics

    Muirhead Avionics is an OEM-approved overhaul and repair station that offers an extensive range of services covering flight data and cockpit voice recorders, radio, radar, cockpit instrumentation, and test equipment calibration for civil and military aircraft.  

    Muirhead Avionics is a unit of AMETEK MRO, a global provider of third-party component MRO services to commercial, regional and general aviation within AMETEK Aerospace & Defense, a division of AMETEK, Inc. AMETEK MRO operations specialize in a wide range of repair and overhaul services and are FAA, EASA, CAAC and CAAS approved. For more information, contact Muirhead Avionics, 3 The Square Heathrow, Southhall, Middlesex, UB2 5NH, UK. Phone: +44-020-8571-3422. E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.muirheadavionics.com #