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CORPORATE PROFILE
Zaon Flight System's
Located in Dallas Texas, entered the market with technology advancements in collision avoidance systems for aircraft.This collision avoidance system, termed PCAS (Portable Collision Avoidance System) detects other aircraft and to help pilotsavoid deadly mid-air collisions.Zaon Flight System's most knownproduct is the, whichis used today by pilots world-wide.Zaon also manufacturers smaller versions of collision avoidance systemssuch as the .In 2007 Zaon Flight Systems was the first company to receive a patent for a portable and passive ADS-B system for added technology to compliment theRX series.The resulting product, , allows pilots to also receive ADS-B updates which provide traffic and weather information
to pilots.Because ADS-B is limited in capability to typically greater than 1000' - 4000' the and allow the pilot to ensure no disruption in traffic detection, including the most dangerous portion of flight near the airport where most collisions occur.Zaon Flight Systems also began interfacing with many GPS and moving screen displays such as Garmin, Bendix/King, and many others.The interface allows for PCAS traffic to be displayed ona or moving map display for pilots togathermost flight informationin one glance.
HISTORY
Zaon Flight Systems, a private corporation, was founded by Zane Hovey, a retired FAA certified flight instructor and President of Zaon. Operations leading up to new RF directional andtechnologiesbegan in 1997,andlead to the formal launch of Zaon Flight Systems, Inc.
ORGANIZATION
President:Zane Hovey
VP: Kevin Van Drunen
VP Operations:Rachel Morrison
CFO: Renee Ogle
Chief Engineer: Jason Pinkham
Applied Technology Advisor: Andrew Poulton
FAA Certification Advisor: James Wright
Technical Support Advisor: Daniel Evans
CSTR: Glenn Salsman
Marketing Coordinator: Anna Molina
Web Designer: Anna Molina
OTHER COMPANY WORK
Zaon Flight Systemsdevelops many different types of technologies which itplans to bring to market to aid inmanaging flight data for military, civillian, and airline operations.With changes in the method of electronic media methods, Zaon Flight Systems has engineered solutions for many software andinternet companies.With a dedicated staff ofboth pilots and highly qualified engineers, Zaonhas become the industry leader in collision avoidance, and aerial vehicle situational awarness both in the air and for ground operations.