South Texas non-profit HEMS operator HALO-Flight has placed and order to equip the remaining three Bell 407GXis in their fleet with the Foresight MX health and usage monitoring system (HUMS) GPMS International announced yesterday. The order will make the HALO-Flight the first HEMS operator in the USA to have monitoring across their fleet. HALO-Flight’s adoption of Foresight MX is part of a broader fleet modernisation effort that includes transitioning to Bell 407GXis with IFR capability,
“The precision and insight Foresight MX provides has changed how we approach that work entirely,” said Travis Patterson, CEO of HALO-Flight. “The rotor track and balance capabilities alone have been a revelation for our maintenance team and the support we have received from the GPMS team has been outstanding from day one. They have been responsive, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in making sure we get the most out of the system. The value Foresight MX has already delivered to our operation made the decision to outfit our entire fleet an easy one.”
As a nonprofit, HALO-Flight operates with a heightened responsibility to maximize the impact of every dollar. In air medical operations, the true cost of an unscheduled maintenance event is rarely the part itself. It is the flight that does not happen and the patient who cannot be reached. Foresight MX helps HALO-Flight stay ahead of those events, protecting the operational readiness that their patients and communities depend on.
“HALO-Flight represents exactly the kind of operator that benefits most from fleet-wide HUMS coverage,” said Ronnie Ries, Vice President of Marketing at GPMS. “When every aircraft needs to be mission-ready around the clock and resources have to be managed carefully, having real-time health data across the entire fleet gives operators a level of confidence and control that simply was not available before. We are proud to support their mission and honored that they have chosen to expand Foresight MX to every aircraft they fly.”
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