Aircraft Systems

ARINC knows how important it is for your aircraft to incorporate the latest technology. We also understand how difficult and costly it can be to upgrade these systems.

ARINC's aircraft systems integration services leverage our extensive aviation experience to save you time and money when designing, modifying, and upgrading your aircraft—everything from helicopters to large commercial transports.

Our team of problem solvers provide:

• Design engineering and fabrication—Our goal when modifying aircraft systems is to maintain structural and electrical integrity while keeping maintenance costs low and minimizing unscheduled downtime. We have extensive in-house capability to design and fabricate hardware and installation kits.
• Logistics and aircraft on ground (AOG) support—We provide complete, integrated logistics support, from parts and support-equipment tracking to training systems development and simulator modification. Our AOG response center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• Requirements analysis—We specialize in developing solutions that satisfy demanding communications, navigation, surveillance, and air traffic management requirements. Complex problems require a complete understanding of system requirements and we accomplish this by determining system-level and functional specifications and conducting cost-benefit analyses, technical trade-off studies, and life-cycle-cost studies.
• Aviation safety modification—We modernize military and commercial cockpits with state-of-the-art communications and navigation systems. To improve safety on the U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft fleet, we're installing improvements to their navigation equipment.
• Aircraft upgrade kits—We produce low-cost communications, navigation, and surveillance upgrade kits that bring older aircraft into compliance with stringent European and Pacific region airspace air traffic control performance requirements.

To maintain flight certification, we perform several tests and modifications:

• Finite element analyses during design to verify that modified or newly installed structures will meet critical stress and load requirements
• Weight and balance updates in accordance with MIL-W-25140 and applicable FAA standards
• Ground tests, including aircraft system installation functional checkout and electromagnetic compatibility/electromagnetic interference (EMC/EMI) testing, in accordance with MIL-E-6051
• Flight tests to verify compatibility of newly installed systems under flight conditions

ARINC's systems integration and fabrication processes are certified by Det Norske Veritas to ISO 9001. We meet FAA Parts Manufacturing Authority standards for our installation kits, and we are certified suppliers to nearly every aircraft original equipment manufacturer. Our FAA-certified repair stations in San Diego and Colorado Springs are authorized to work on most aircraft types and avionics subsystems.