Honeywell said its “Sentinel” helicopter avionics system, used by helicopter emergency medical service operators in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, is now available to pilots in the United States.

Priced at $9,000 for the base unit, Sentinel provides a multi-function display and navigation system with high-resolution mapping, terrain, traffic and XM weather data and vertical down track profiling in a single avionics package. The suite includes a radar altimeter, above ground level readout, night vision goggle option and obstacles database.

The system is available in several configurations and can operate as a stand-alone, panel-mounted MFD/Navigator, remote processor, or as an integrated element of the Observer MKIII Mission System.

Honeywell announced U.S. availability of the system at the Heli-Expo convention in Anaheim. Sentinel entered service with European HEMS and executive operators in 2008