Lufthansa Airlinesis performing in-service evaluation of Goodrich Corporation's laptop docking station Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) on an Airbus A340 aircraft.
"The laptop docking station EFB is one of several systems in our portfolio of Electronic Flight Bag solutions and we're very excited that Lufthansa Airlines stands to be our launch customer for the Laptop Docking Station system line,"
said Jan Mathiesen, Vice President, Goodrich Sensors and Integrated Systems.
"Our on-going commitment to innovation is key in developing solutions to meet our airline customers' increasing need to use laptop computers in the flight deck. Laptop docking station EFB systems give airlines greater flexibility in implementing newer, faster computing platforms into their operations as computing speed and memory performance increase,"
The Goodrich laptop docking station EFB is designed specifically for the aircraft environment and includes two sunlight-readable, high-resolution, touch screen displays, two laptop docking stations and an installation kit. The system allows the flight crew to use laptop computers through the EFB display for applications during all phases of flight. EFB laptop docking stations provide certified aircraft power, ARINC 429 communication, and Ethernet and USB interfaces between aircraft systems and the laptop computers. They also provide a high resolution video output signal to the EFB display. The laptop docking station EFB complements the traditional Class 2 and Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag systems that Goodrich produces which use avionics-grade removable, or fixed installation,
platforms.
Which all goes to prove that it's easier and cheaper use
laptops on the ground.
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