Upgrade of the Flight Data Acquisition Unit (FDAU) software utilized on the USCG HC-130H aircraft

Awarded by the Department of Homeland Security's Aviation Logistics Center in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, this fixed-price contract covers the software upgrade of the Flight Data Acquisition Unit (FDAU) utilized on USCG HC-130H aircraft. The procurement was conducted as a sole-source action under the statutory authority of FAR 6.302-1, as Teledyne Controls is the original equipment manufacturer and the only entity capable of modifying the proprietary software code without risking the corruption of existing software configurations. The technical scope of the project involves updating FDAU parameters to integrate new data from the Embedded GPS/INS (EGI), Pilot Control Display Unit (CDU), and Multi-Function Displays (MFD). These upgrades include the implementation of specific sampling rates and data types for critical flight metrics such as velocity, altitude, and navigation performance, while maintaining existing analog inputs, discrete signals, and ARINC 429 EIDS data.