HALO-Flight Becomes First HEMS Operator Fully Outfitted With GPMS HUMS

Every Bell 407GXi will be monitored by Foresight MX by End of 2026

GPMS International, Inc announced today that HALO-Flight, South Texas' nonprofit emergency air ambulance service, has placed an order to equip their final three Bell 407 aircraft with the Foresight MX Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS). With this order, all five of HALO-Flight's operational Bell 407GXiswill carry the same level of advanced monitoring capability.

HALO-Flight's adoption of Foresight MX is part of a broader fleet modernization effort that includes transitioning to Bell 407GXi helicopters with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) capability. The addition of HUMS across all aircraft ensures that as their operations grow in capability, their maintenance program grows with it. With the completion of this order, HALO-Flight becomes the first HEMS operator in the United States to achieve full fleet-wide HUMS coverage with Foresight MX, a milestone that sets a new standard for safety and maintenance excellence in the air medical industry.

For a HEMS operator, aircraft availability is not just an operational priority, it is a matter of life and death. When a call comes in, there is no margin for unplanned downtime. Foresight MX gives HALO-Flight's maintenance team continuous, real-time insight into the health of each aircraft's drivetrain, rotor systems, and critical components, allowing them to identify and address issues before they result in an aircraft being taken out of service. For a nonprofit serving communities across South Texas, that kind of reliability is essential to fulfilling their mission.

"The precision and insight Foresight MX provides has changed how we approach that work entirely," said Travis Patterson, CEO of HALO-Flight. "The rotor track and balance capabilities alone have been a revelation for our maintenance team and the support we have received from the GPMS team has been outstanding from day one. They have been responsive, knowledgeable, and genuinely invested in making sure we get the most out of the system. The value Foresight MX has already delivered to our operation made the decision to outfit our entire fleet an easy one."

As a nonprofit, HALO-Flight operates with a heightened responsibility to maximize the impact of every dollar. In air medical operations, the true cost of an unscheduled maintenance event is rarely the part itself. It is the flight that does not happen and the patient who cannot be reached. Foresight MX helps HALO-Flight stay ahead of those events, protecting the operational readiness that their patients and communities depend on.

"HALO-Flight represents exactly the kind of operator that benefits most from fleet-wide HUMS coverage," said Ronnie Ries, Vice President of Marketing at GPMS. "When every aircraft needs to be mission-ready around the clock and resources have to be managed carefully, having real-time health data across the entire fleet gives operators a level of confidence and control that simply was not available before. We are proud to support their mission and honored that they have chosen to expand Foresight MX to every aircraft they fly."

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