Singapore to Use Rockwell Collins eFlight Information with EFBs

Rockwell Collins will work with Boeing to provide applications for class 3 EFBs (electronic flight bags) on Singapore Airlines' B-777s, and will implement a ground system to support information delivery between the airline's fleet and its "back office" systems.

Singapore will also install Rockwell Collins' class 1 EFBs on Singapore's B-747s.

(Class 3 EFBs are considered installed equipment, while class 1 EFBs is considered portable electronic devices.  Class-3 EFBs can provide extensive communication, navigation, and surveillance information; class-1 EFBs may be used as a source of supplemental information on the ground and during flight.)

Singapore's goal is to have a comprehensive electronic information management system that can streamline its air-to-ground communications and more efficiently update databases and manage the exchange of necessary flight documents.

Rockwell Collins' eFlight Solutions, which Singapore is adopting, can securely exchange, process, store, and retrieve information among airborne and ground equipment throughout the entire operational chain, using real-time connections between an airline's aircraft and ground operations center.  The system also can be used to enhance passenger services on the ground and in the air.  01-20-2006.

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