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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida- Cobham Beacon Solutions today announced they have received 24 Technical Standard Order (TSO) authorizations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Artex Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) product line. The FAA has allowed transition of the previous approval from Cobham Avionics in Prescott, AZ to ACR Electronics in Fort Lauderdale FL under the new Part 21 Transfer Process as the two Business Units are...
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Fort Lauderdale, FL-Small and light enough to hold comfortably in one hand yet powerful enough to guide rescuers to within 100 meters or less of your position in a life-threatening emergency, The ResQLink™+ 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), manufactured by Cobham Beacon Solutions-ACR Products, receives Cospas-Sarsat approval. - At just 5.4 oz (153 g) and 4.5 in (11.4 cm) tall, the ResQLink™+ offers a lot of punch in the smallest, lightest and...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida - Cobham has been awarded a US Coast Guard contract to supply up to 5,000 406 MHz ACR Electronics Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), called ResQLink™. ACR, a business unit of Cobham Commercial Systems, will provide up to 1,000 units per year under this five year contract, with a contract extension possible after the fifth year. - - The ResQLink™ is small and light enough to hold comfortably in one hand yet powerful enough to guide...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- ACR Electronics today announced that ResQLink™, the world's smallest 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), is FCC approved and is now being shipped to dealers and is for sale to consumers in the U.S. International approvals to follow. - Manufactured by ACR Electronics, part of Cobham Commercial Systems, the ResQLink™ is - small and light enough to hold comfortably in one hand yet powerful enough to guide rescuers to within 100 meters or less...
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Rescue beacon credited with saving lives ACR Product Used: AquaFix Personal Locator Beacon - Updated May 25, 2011 - New Video from CBS Channel 12 in West Palm Beach - From WPTV Channel 5 - - Read More Articles about this...
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From the United States Coast Guard Monday, May 23, 2011 - When Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRB) are activated in emergency situations the system transmits vessel identification information to rescuers. Traditional EPIRBs rely on satellite Doppler Shift to identify the distress location. There are a wide variety of Coast Guard approved EPIRBs on the market but many do not have the most up-to-date feature: the ability to...
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San Diego, California- A sailor suffering from life threatening diabetic seizures received a quick rescue response April 23rd when a 406 EPIRB signal was received and effectively provided GPS coordinates, directing US Coast Guard rescuers to the sailor's location 120 miles south of San Diego. - According to USCG reports, an emergency signal from a Cobham ACR Products GlobalFix™ 406 EPIRB was received at 3:45 p.m, sent by the crew of a 40'-sailboat when the boat...
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FORT LAUERDALE, FL- Cobham has announced the appointment of Ron Crowder as Senior Sales Manager for ACR Electronics, Inc. - ACR Electronics, www.acrelectronics.com , as part of Cobham Commercial Systems, designs and manufactures a complete line of safety and survival products including EPIRBs, PLBs, ELTs, AIS, SARTs, Strobe Lights, Life Jacket Lights, Search Lights and safety accessories. The quality systems of this facility have been registered by UL to the...
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FORT LAUERDALE, FL- Cobham has announced the appointment of Michael Wilkerson as General Manager of ACR Electronics, Inc. - - ACR Electronics, www.acrelectronics.com , as part of Cobham Commercial Systems, designs and manufactures a complete line of safety and survival products including EPIRBs, PLBs, ELTs, AIS, SARTs, Strobe Lights, Life Jacket Lights, Search Lights and safety accessories. The quality systems of this facility have been registered by UL to...
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Note To Reader: Fred Taylor, 56, is a semi-retired insurance agent, who spends a good portion of his leisure time on his ATV, enjoying outings with his family and like-minded adventurers. Last November, while vacationing in Moab, Utah, Fred's world literally came crashing down on him when his two-seater ATV toppled backwards momentarily pining him underneath and fracturing several bones. Fred activated his ACR MicroFix™ Personal Locator Beacon to call for help...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - As a finalist in the 2010 South Florida Manufacturers Association's (SFMA) Manufacturer of the Year Excellence Awards program, ACR Electronics continues to meet and exceed quality and performance requirements because when it comes to saving lives, failure is not an option. - ACR management would like to thank the SFMA for including ACR in the 200-plus-employee category as a finalist and to applaud the category winner NIPRO Diagnostics and...
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Note To Reader: George Strother, 62, a veteran Alaska commercial pilot clearly understands the demands and danger of flying small planes in remote areas. Over the years, Strother has had his share of bad landings. On July 17th of last year, a crash almost claimed his life when his amphibian airplane flipped over as he attempted to land on a lake, leaving him upside down and underwater with two badly broken legs. Training, clear thinking and help from...
Note To Reader: Veteran climber LeRoy Anderson of Salt Lake City and his canyoneering party rely on ACR's MicroFix™ Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) when his daughter-in-law suffers a broken leg. - Here's LeRoy's story in his own words: - I, my son, Craig, daughter in law, Tanya, and two other friends decided to go down the Lower Jump (North Fork of King's Canyon near Fresno, CA) on the 31 of July 2010. This canyon has to be the one of the best (albeit long and...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA- Known as the world leader in safety and survival technologies, Cobham Beacon Solutions -ACR Products, www.acrelectronics.com, has selected International Safety Products Limited (ISP) as the ACR distributor for the United Kingdom. - Cobham Beacon Solutions -ACR Products designs and manufactures a complete line of safety and survival products including EPIRBs, PLBs, AIS, SART, Strobe Lights, Life Jacket Lights, Search Lights and safety...
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PEKING, CHINA- Starting on September 10th 2010, Simon Mackenzie-Smith and Rupert Marks will climb into a 1929 Ford Model A and drive over 14,000 kms from Peking to Paris as part of a five-week road rally, retracing the steps of the motor car pioneers who raced over the same route in 1907. Mackenzie-Smith and Marks, who are using the trip to raise money for two charities, will have a safety advantage over those 1907 racing teams. In the event of a life-threatening...
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The Gulf of Mexico- At the height of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, safety electronics systems manufactured by Cobham Life Support-ACR Products were deployed to provide thousands of responders with a safe path while working around the clock to contain and skim the massive oil spill. - The Fort Lauderdale-based company, known globally as the leader in safety and survival technologies, worked closely with the Coast Guard Command Center to install 13 Class A-rated...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL- Starting on July 5th 2010 explorers/filmmakers Deia Scholsberg and Gregg Treinish will again be relying on an ACR Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) in the event of an emergency in the wilderness. This time the pair will be carrying the new SARLink™ View during the planned 60-day, 450-mile trek through some of the most remote and rugged mountains in America's Lower 48. - For the "Connecting the Gems" ecological expedition, Schlosberg and Treinish,...
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Contender Northeast Attempting Record Run from the Statue of Liberty to Bermuda FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- A new Contender 37 ST (Step Hull) with a crew of three will attempt to break a world record time in a run from the Statue of Liberty to Bermuda. - According to Contender Northeast officials, the attempt will be launched sometime between May 28th and June 7th, depending on weather and sea conditions. - As they begin their world record attempt, the team will have...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. Cobham Life Support today announced the acquisition of SafeLife Systems, a subscription-based satellite self test detection service from PROCON, Inc, based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The newly acquired service gives thousands of owners of 406 MHz Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs), Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) and Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs) the ability to send non-distress messages via text/e-mail to family and...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- On Saturday, January 2, 2010, solo sailor Dennis Clements was thrown into the Atlantic Ocean after his 35-foot sailboat rolled over in a fierce winter storm. He surfaced to find himself swimming alone in 25-foot seas in the dark with no life raft, EPIRB, radio, immersion suit or boat in sight -- 250 miles off North Carolina. Three days later, the Missouri man was safely back at home with his family in Blue Springs. Miraculously,...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - July 21, 2009 - Over the course of three days, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) rescued 12 people from three disabled boats in Florida and Georgia. All were saved as a result of Personal Locator Beacons (PLB) alerting authorities to their distress and location. All three of the PLBs activated were ACR Electronics' beacons -- an AquaFix™ 406 GPS and two ResQFix™ 406 GPS PLBs. The good news is these rescues had happy endings. The same cannot be...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - APRIL 23, 2009 - Cobham Life Support, ACR Products, the world's leader in safety and survival technologies, is urging all EPIRB and PLB owners to double check their 15-character identification code registration. According to a recent Marine Board of Investigation inquiry, which is looking into the sinking of the scallop boat Lady Mary on March 24th, there was a discrepancy in the EPIRB's identification number, marked on a decal that the boat's...
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 -This December, Paul Ridley will row solo 2,950 miles across the Atlantic Ocean in an effort to raise more than $500,000 for cancer research in memory of his mother who died from skin cancer eight years ago. ACR Electronics, Inc., the world leader in safety and survival technologies, has announced that it will join Ridley's Row for Hope expedition as a sponsor and safety equipment supplier. Ridley, 25, hopes to be the third...
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