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We have FAA TSO, Transport Canada TSO and ETSO approval. The US Army Lab has submitted the 3rd revised report showing we have passed all tests. COSPAS/SARSAT has found a problem with the way some of the tests were preformed, and have asked that a retest be done. The lab is done with the testing, and we are awaiting the report. As soon as the report is received by COSPAS they have indicated that they are ready to notify the member Countries that the certificate is being issued, and must wait for the member Countries to comment before issuing the certificate. (A process we understand to take about 30 days.) We have begun limited production, and when we receive the certificate we will begin shipping to our distributors. We DO NOT sell direct, only to our authorized distributors. We have a large number of backorders and will be ramping up production over the next 2-3 months to fill these backorders and fully meet the demand for the ELT.
We have just received word from the Army Lab that they will be submitting Revision 4 of the test report to COSPAS/SARSAT this week and again they say everything looks good. COSPAS will need a little time to review it. We are hoping to be able to ship within 30 days.
The U.S. Army Electronic Proving Grounds has submitted Revision 4 of the test report, once again showing we have passed all tests. COSPAS/SARSAT will be reviewing the report next week.
We have recieved Industry Canada approval, we are now fully certified for Canada. (copy of certificate below.)
With the most recent report submitted by the U.S. Electronic Proving Grounds, we are down to one minor discrepancy in regards to current measurments. We have asked that COSPAS accept our data compiled for the FAA in lieu of relying on the U.S. Electronic Proving grounds again for testing. We are awaiting their response.
April 4th we received the 5th revision of the US ARMY lab test report again showing we passed all tests. It was received at COSPAS/SARSAT on April 6th. The reports finally look complete and correct this time. We spoke to the technical officer at COSPAS who said “We will get to it in due time.” We are awaiting a response from COSPAS.
Our trip to Arizona has been temporarily cancelled. As we were about to depart on Sunday afternoon we recieved a phonecall from the military lab informing us that they are having equipment troubles. We are basically waiting on call for them to resolve the issue so we can complete the final test.
It has been confirmed that the military lab has recieved the needed replacement equipment. We plan to leave for Arizona tomorrow 7/20/10 to assist them in completing the final test.
July 27th 2010
We have returned from spending last week in Arizona, at the military lab to complete the final test. Judging from our equipment (set up parallel to theirs) everything looks well within the allotted limits. The military lab has also sent us thier preliminary test results, which also look acceptable. COSPAS is requesting the final test report revision/data from the military lab before submitting for approval.