CNO Policy Memorandum on Aircraft Safety Systems Avionics Sep 3 2009 mandates the incorporation and installation of required avionics systems, to include Crash Survivable Recorders (CSRs), in Navy and Marine Corps aircraft.
CSRs are designed to record and protect aircraft information in-flight, to aid in the determination of mishap causal factors. A modern CSR combines the functions of both a flight data recorder and flight instrument recorder, including aircraft performance, aircraft system status and cockpit voice and/or video recording into a single digital data retention system designed to survive or avoid the destructive forces of an aircraft crash.
Current customers include C-130T, C-2A, F/A-18C/D, and MV/CV-22B.