Thales to Provide Major Avionics Package for A350

Airbus selected Thales to provide a major package of avionics and cockpit systems for its new A350 XWB, including the aircraft's integrated modular avionics suite, interactive control and display systems, and its air data and inertial reference unit.

Thales says it has been working closely with Airbus on the design and development stages of the A350's cockpit systems since the launch of the program in 2004.  And as a supplier of key transversal functions within Airbus's New Systems Policy, it has designed its avionics to take into consideration the future operational needs of the overall air transport system.

To support its A350 bids, Thales created simulation and prototyping demonstrators and tools, such as the Airlab technico-operational laboratory and the iDeck simulator, in Toulouse and Bordeaux.

Airlab provides a way to use Thales' expertise in avionics, simulation and air traffic management, to experiment with new ways of operating for both pilots and air traffic controllers. Its iDeck is a cockpit prototyping and simulation platform that can be used by airframers to rapidly test new cockpit configurations and displays.  01-22-2008.

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