West Star Aviation has joined in a partnership to upgrade avionics with touchscreen displays.

West Star joined with Collins Aerospace to complete a Pro Line Fusion upgrade that included all Fusion optional items.

The project was completed at the West Star facility at Grand Junction Regional Airport. The Fusion upgrade and first certification on a Cessna Citation model was completed on an aircraft owned by Charlie Precourt, a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame who served on Columbia, Atlantis and Discovery shuttle missions.

“We are thrilled to be chosen by both Collins and Mr. Precourt to be involved with the development of the Fusion upgrade and the opportunity to create a higher value to our CJ customers,” said Walt Marcy, avionics technical sales manager at the West Star facility in Grand Junction. “West Star continues to lead the industry in avionics retrofit programs, and appointments can be scheduled at any of their four full-service locations.”

The partnership offers Collins Fusion as an upgrade option for Cessna Citation CJ 1+, 2+ and 3 aircraft. Fusion consists of three widescreen touchscreen high-resolution customizable displays providing synthetic vision, weather, navigation, flight plan and other graphical overlays enhancing situational awareness in most flight conditions. 

West Star performed the aircraft modifications and supported engineering efforts, while Collins Aerospace completed supplemental type certificate development and flight testing at the Grand Junction facility.

West Star Aviation provides a range of maintenance, repair and overhaul services at its facilities in Grand Junction, Aspen and Denver as well as in Arizona, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. The company has ranked for seven consecutive years as the top MRO services provider in a survey conducted for Professional Pilot magazine. For more information, call (800) 922-2421 or visit www.weststaraviation.com.