Setting a new standard in 406 Mhz ELTs, the Emerging Lifesaving Technologies ELT406GPS comes with a blade style antenna that incorporates both the ELT and GPS antenna. This ELT incorporates an integral GPS receiver, thus there is no requirement to connect the unit to your aircraft GPS receiver. Emerging Lifesaving Technologies has reviewed ELT failure [...]

Kannad Aviation has said that it is launching a new generation emergency locator transmitter (ELT), the INTEGRA 406 GPS ELT. The INTEGRA operates on the international 406MHz satellite search and rescue system, and includes an internal GPS and 406MHz antenna, plus an internal battery. According to Kannad, the INTEGRA offers the international flying community a [...]

The Federal Communication Commission on June 15 published its Third Report and Order. In it, the agency said that, “After reviewing the comments [prompted by an earlier order], we conclude that we should prohibit the certification, manufacture, importation, sale or continued use of 121.5 MHz ELTs.