COBHAM Announces Changes to SAILOR Products

24 November, 2020


COBHAM are announcing the End of Life (EOL) for some of our SAILOR VHF, AIS and Navtex product offerings. This is partly due to a change in regulations, partly a recent change in buying patterns.

SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC Class D (406215A-00500)
As you may be aware, the latest regulations for VHF Class D require all radios within this category sold by the manufacturer after 1 November 2018 to include a dedicated internal GNSS capability.
As per the regulation, any Class D radios sold by manufacturers after this date, which rely on GNSS input from an external source, will no longer be compliant.
The regulations are explained in ITU-R M.493-14 (09/2015) and ETSI standard: EN301025 (v.2.2.1) of 2017-03.
An exemption to the above standards was given for sales of the SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC Class within the EU. For this reason, we did continue to sell SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC Class A in the EU. This exemption still applies.
However, due to a change in buying patterns, we have decided to announce the final EOL of the SAILOR 6215 VHF DSC Class A.
Warranty and Service will continue to be handled using the standard procedure of products under the Customer Protection Plan (CPP).
The product will be removed from the price list when the new Radio, Safety & Tracking Price list is released on 30 November 2020.

SAILOR 6281 AIS Basic System (406281A-00500)
In order to streamline our AIS product portfolio the SAILOR 6281 AIS Basic System (406281A-00500) will reach EOL. The SAILOR 6281 AIS Basic System is the AIS version “without” the SAILOR 6283 AIS Connection Box included.
For this reason we will EOL this variant but continue the SAILOR 6280 AIS System (406280A-00500) as the AIS offering in our portfolio.
Warranty and Service will continue to be handled using the standard procedure of products under the Customer Protection Plan (CPP).
The product will be removed from the price list when the new Radio, Safety & Tracking Price list is released on 30 November 2020.
All orders booked on this item number before 31 December 2020 will be honored and delivered.
Please note: SAILOR AIS is NOT EOL as a product offering – it is only this variant

SAILOR 6390 Navtex Receiver (406390A-00500)
In order to streamline our Navtex product portfolio the SAILOR 6390 Navtex Receiver (406391A-00500) will reach EOL. The SAILOR 6390 Navtex Receiver is the Navtex version “without” the SAILOR 6004 Control Panel included.
For this reason we will EOL this variant but continue the SAILOR 6391 Navtex System (406391A-00500) as the Navtex offering in our portfolio.
Warranty and Service will continue to be handled using the standard procedure of products under the Customer Protection Plan (CPP).
The product will be removed from the price list when the new Radio, Safety & Tracking Price list is released on 30 November 2020.
All orders booked on this item number before 31 December 2020 will be honored and delivered.
Please note: SAILOR NAVTEX is NOT EOL as a product offering – it is only this variant


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