During Helitech 2016 Leonardo Helicopters Division held a presentation called "Technology for Safety" focused on: - Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface; - Dry Run Transmission Capabilities; - Design to Performance; - OGP standards compliance across different roles.

1. SAFETY
TECHNOLOGY for
Samuele Tosi
Amsterdam, 13 October 2016

2. Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface
Dry Run Transmission Capabilities
Design to performance
OGP standards compliance across
different roles

3. Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface
Dry Run Transmission Capabilities
Design to performance
OGP standards compliance across
different roles

4. Ergonomics

5. Ergonomics
What was wrong?
Scattered information
Reduced flexibility
Huge cockpit , interseat
consoles, hoverhead
consoles
Non-intuitive symbology

6. Ergonomics
What was wrong?
Scattered information
Reduced flexibility
Huge cockpit , interseat
consoles, hoverhead
consoles
Non-intuitive symbology

7. Ergonomics

8. Ergonomics

9. Ergonomics: Visibility and Situation Awareness
Cockpit layout designed to provide outstanding external visibility and the best
situation awareness
D-Map + HTAWS
SVS FullscreenSVS + HTAWS

10. The HTAWS displays the aircraft position with respect to the
surrounding terrain and obstacles. TSO-C151 Compliant, 3 arc/sec
Terrain database resolution.
Ergonomics: Situational Awareness

11. Ergonomics: Situational Awareness
The SVS provides a computer-generated 3D representation of the
external environment, i.e. terrain shape, obstacles, runways and
helipads. Use same HTAWS Terrain database.

12. Ergonomics: Situational Awareness
The EVS (LWIR sensor) provides the thermal representation of
the area in front of the aircraft enhancing the vision capability in
low visibility conditions (night, haze, smoke, smog, light fog,
etc.)

13. Ergonomics: Obstacle Proximity LiDAR System
OPLS inform the pilots and the crew members about the presence of
short range obstacles like rocks, trees and buildings during low speed
operations.
Visual and audio guidance is based on aircraft safety margin, computed
between obstacle profile and the blades profile.
Obstacle Profile
Safety Margin
Obstacle Profile
Blades Profile
Distance to
Nearest
Obstacle

14. Ergonomics: Obstacle Warning System - LOAM
Enhance Pilot situational awareness
when focused on mission target and
increase its reaction time
Increase safety of flight
Detect obstacle on flight path
Helicopter trajectory estimation
(based on NAV data supplied to LOAM)

15. HMI: Integrated Touchscreen Interface
Lights
Fuel
Ventilation
Circuit Brakers
Mission
Equipment
SATCOM
RADIOS
FMS
The Past:
One panel
for each
equipment

16. HMI: Integrated Touchscreen Interface
 Increased system performance
 Enhanced effectiveness of crew interaction
 Common interface for the management of the avionic, aircraft and mission systems
The Future: Integrated
Touchscreen interface

17. Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface
Dry Run Transmission Capabilities
Design to performance
OGP standards compliance across
different roles

18. The AW189 can fly in dry run conditions for at least 100 nm,
and this distance increases with the reduction of the helicopter
weight.
The AW189 certified capacity allows crews to plan diversions in
case of dry run condition with the possibility to reach the coast
or safer areas for the intervention of rescue teams
Dry Run Capability

19. 33min
DRY RUN 50min
DRY RUN 60min
DRY RUN
Dry Run Capability

20. Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface
Dry Run Transmission Capabilities
Design to performance
OGP standards compliance across
different roles

21. Design to performance
0,48 0,47 0,49
LHD Helicopters are desinged with
inherent power margins which
becames a fundamental
Raservoir in case of emergency
situation
Horse Power / MTOW

22. Up to 14000
Design to performance
Up to 50°C
Profiles optimized for the mission
Wide Cat A. Operational Envelope

23. Ergonomics & Human Machine Interface
Dry Run Transmission Capabilities
Design to performance
OGP standards compliance across
different roles

24. Fully Compliant with OGP guidelines
Fully compliant with safety requirements and guidelines
specified for offshore operations
Late FAR 29 / Enhanced
Handling
Simulator Training +
CRM/LOFT
Quality & Safety Mgmt.
Systems
HUMS
Flight Data Monitoring
Disciplined Take-Off &
Landing Profiles
EGPWS/TCAS

25. HUMS and Vibration Analysis
Enhanced data monitoring of health of the aircraft’s major
components and systems

26. Coming next… On Board Rotor Track & Balance

27. CONCLUSIONS
Modern design and new technologies can
make the difference in tough situations
New instruments to enhance situation
awareness are already certified and
available: require them!
Spreading of safety culture is a must!

28. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
LEONARDO Helicopter reserves the right to make configuration and data changes at any time without notice.
The facts and figures contained in this document are preliminary and do not constitute any contract with LEONARDO.