Company Profile

Foundation date:1993
Company Size:45 employees
Activities:Avionics for civil and military fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft and Ground Equipment
Certificates:ISO9001, CAA approval certificate, Czech MoD Approval.
Contact Address:Beranovych 130, 199 05, Letnany Prague, Czech Republic

SPEEL PRAHA, Ltd. is one of the leading developers and manufacturers of flight data recorders, aircraft monitoring systems, ground evaluation equipment, a whole software package for data evaluation in central and eastern Europe. The latest techniques in production, quality assurance as well as combined know how of both original "Eastern" and most modern "Western" technologies guarantee the high reliability and safety standards compliance of the company's products.

Beside its activities in avionics, SPEEL also manufactures Electronic Tachographs for subway and rail vehicles. Currently SPEEL supplies the entire subway in Prague.

SPEEL is an ISO 9001 registered company, and holds the Civil Aviation Authority (Czech UCL) production approval of electronic aeronautical products.

More than 3 decades of experience in avionics and aircraft diagnostics are invested in our products and services. In 1960 the company, then part of the aeronautical and research institute-Prague, started up with the development of mobile automatic test equipment for the famous L39 jet trainers manufactured in the Czech Republic. The equipment was in series production till 1988. Since the beginning of the 90s, the company has been developing and producing a range of solid-state flight data recorders with crash-protected memory unit for rotary- and fixed- wing aircraft. Today, SPEEL is a growing company which utilizes state-of-the-art technology in its product line OF FDRs/CVRs, aircraft monitoring systems, PANDA Software Package, as well as a complete ground support equipment for flight data replay and analysis.

SPEEL's products are built to meet demanding Western standards. As such they can easily interface with western avionics (Mil-Std-1553, Arin429, etc.) onboard modern aircraft. Below is a non-exhaustive list of international standards SPEEL builds its products into:

  • EUROCAE ED-55/56a
  • TSO-C124/123, TSO-C51a
  • MIL-STD-810C/D/E
  • MIL-STD-461D/462D
  • MIL-STD-1553B
  • ARINC 429
  • MIL-STD-704E
  • MIL-PRF-28800F
  • DO-187B

As a mid-sized company, with highly qualified engineers covering all the areas mechanical drafting and machining, to electronics design and manufacturing, and all the way to firmware/software development , SPEEL offers its customers flexibility and promptness in solving specific problems, possibility of small series production of developed devices, high technical level of development and production, including software, commercial reliability, experience with international cooperation, and last but not least competitive prices. The company ensures warranty and post-warranty service for all delivered devices and software.

SPEEL roadmap:

KL 39 mobile automatic test equipment for the famous L39 jet trainers manufactured in the Czech Republic, the equipment was in series production till 1988.

KDS test and diagnostic system and PARES flight registration system designed for L 39MS jet trainers with modification for L 59E, L 410 a L 610 aircraft.

Since the beginning of the 90s, SPEEL has been developing and producing a range of FDR (Flight Data Recorder) solid-state flight data recorders with crash-survivable memory unit for rotary- and fixed- wing aircraft that complies with MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, RTCA-DO 160, TSO-C51a and ED-55/56 standards requirements.

Beside their activities in avionics, SPEEL also manufactures Electronic Tachographs for subway and rail vehicles. Currently, SPEEL supplies the entire subway in Prague.

Some of SPEEL's product types include:

AMOS
Aircraft Monitoring System designed for L159 jets
AirMiS
Airborne Mission Server for aircraft mission information recording.
ADC
Air Data Computer.
FDRs
Flight Data Recorders with solid-state memory for AN-26, L59T, L59E, L39MS, L139, L39ZA8, L39ZA, L39C, L410UVP, L159 aircraft and SOKOL W-3A, Mi-17 a Mi-24 helicopters
CARE
CARE crash-protected solid-state memory flight recorder compliant to ED-56A crash survivability requirements. CARE Communicates with airborne systems (e.g. acquisition unit) via an Ethernet link or an RS-422 link.
CVR-M1
Cockpit Voice Recorder with solid-state memory supplying the MARS-BM mechanical recorder
CVFDR
combined Flight Data Recorder and Cockpit Voice Recorder
PMS39
flight monitoring system intended for L39ZA and L39C.
PMU
Portable Memory Unit
GEE
Ground Evaluation Equipment
GSU
Ground Support Unit
MDAW159
Mission Debriefing and Analysis Work station for L159 Aircraft
PANDA
Software package for Flight Data Evaluation
AMU1.01
Acceleration Monitoring Unit with solid-state memory for frame aircraft loading monitoring
ELM 601
operation loading monitoring of the WALTER M 60 engine
RRM
electronic tachographs for subway and rail vehicles
TAR-25
Three Axes Acceleration Recorder, intended for acceleration measurements.

The strength if the companies are their extensive knowledge of Russian technology, thereby providing customers around the world with expertise in modernization programs in which old tape-based recorders of Russian and Czech production are to be replaced with solid-state ones including the appropriate GEE or GSU for ground support:

  • SARP-12P, SARP-12GM, SARP-12DM
  • TESTER
  • PARES 59E
  • ZBN-14 BUR-1
  • MSRP-12-96

Today, SPEEL is a growing group which utilizes state-of-the-art technology in its product line of FDRs/CVRs, aircraft monitoring systems, PANDA Software Package, as well as a complete ground support equipment for flight data replay and analysis.

SPEEL is the official representative of:

CRANE-Interpoint Inc.
the Premier World-Wide Supplier of High Reliability DC-DC Converters and EMI Filters.(http://www.interpoint.com)
Data Device Corp.
the Leading Supplier of MIL-STD-1553 Components, Synchro & Resolver/Digital Converters, Digital/Synchro & Resolver Converters, Data Converters and Special Interfaces.( http://www.ddc-web.com)