Fortress CVR-25

Recorders are built to meet the latest regulations and often designed with any upcoming changes in mind. To ensure they meet the requirements of new and old aircraft, some modifications may be required, or additional data formatting hardware used. Curtiss-Wright has been manufacturing recorders since 1957, introduced the world’s first recorder developed to RTCA-DO178 and the first to certify a 25 hour cockpit voice recorder CVR.

Fortress CVR-25 provides 4 channels of cockpit voice recording and 1 channel of CPDLC datalink recording, each for 25 hours minimum capacity supporting EUROCAE class CVR requirements.
Audio recording performance exceeds that required by ED-112A with each channel providing area microphone performance and quality of 150 Hz to 6 kHz bandwidth resulting in superior clarity of recording.

Fortress CVR-25 is designed in accordance with RTCA/DO-178C and RTCA/DO-254, design assurance level D. It meets all current FAA and EUROCAE ED-112A requirements.

Fortress CVR-25 is designed to install into existing aircraft equipment trays offering a simple upgrade path from current 2-hour voice recorders, easily integrating with other system components. Fortress CVR-25 also includes a 90-day underwater locator beacon that provides improved battery safety features including a new nonrestricted Class-9 lithium battery and containment of thermal runaway thus reducing the need for special handling, storage and shipping.

Fortress CVR-25 provides an integrated web based interface running across a gigabit physical Ethernet interface allowing rapid data access and recovery.

The Fortress CVR-25 is supported by a dedicated recorder independent power supply (RIPS), cockpit area microphone, cockpit control unit, and the PGS download and replay software suite.