Thales Showcases Avionics, IFEC
France-based electronics specialist to use passenger connectivity capacity for cockpit applications.
Thales is here exhibiting its Avionics 2020 flight deck demonstrator for the first time at Farmborough.
Thales is here exhibiting its Avionics 2020 flight deck demonstrator for the first time at Farmborough.

Thales’ offer in cockpit, cabin and air traffic control (ATC) electronics is evolving into a comprehensive “connected aircraft” concept. The company (Hall 4 Innovation Zone A21) is studying how flight-deck connectivity can piggyback on the satellite communications equipment installed for the passenger cabin. Here at the Farnborough Airshow for the first time is the Avionics 2020 cockpit demonstrator, featuring cockpit-pilot datalink communications (CPDLC).

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