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Paris, Ile-de-France, France, 2017/01/12 - Thales has been selected by Azul for the supply of avionics equipment on their newest fleet of 58 A320NEO’s - ThalesGroup.com. Euronext: HO
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This selection represents the latest in a series of contract signings across 2016, highlighting Thales’s growth in Latin America along all its key civil aerospace activities.
Key Points
• Thales will supply a package of advanced avionics components on Azul’s newest fleet of 58 A320NEO.
• The package will include the market leading Thales FMS and T3CAS.
• The components are perfectly suited to the growing airline’s route network.
“This selection by s very important for Thales. Azul is a key customer in the region. With a very successful growth strategy and growing route nework, their selection once again highlights Thales’s position as the leading avionics systems developer in South America. It also underscores our willingness to continuously modernize and adapt our offering to the needs of our customers.”
Daniel Malka, Thales Vice President, Avionics Services Worldwide activities
The package of systems to be equipped on the fleet includes the Thales Flight Management System (FMS)1, the undisputed market leading FMS on the market with over 60% global market share, and the only one structured around the “what you see what you fly” principle of realistic display navigation and trajectory.
Another major component of the package will be the Thales/ACSS T3CAS surveillance system2, the first to be certified as standard on Airbus single aisle aircraft. It also includes the latest generation transponder system to be fully ADS-B out ready, engineered to meet the requirements of growing airspaces which form the major route destination network of this fast growing South American airline. As part of the package, Thales (thalesgroup.com) will also supply ELT Integra Emergency Locator Transmitter.
Notes to Editors
1. The Thales FMS system includes powerful hardware combined with the latest certified Airbus Release 1A software is offering second to none reactivity and unique features such as secondary flight plan, realistic navigation trajectory computations or FMS Landing System capabilities (FLS) to flight crew.
2. The integrated Thales/ACSS T3CAS Surveillance platform is the preferred and basic solution for Airbus on all their single aisle aircraft.
T3CAS® by ACSS is a complete surveillance solution that integrates TCAS, TAWS and a transponder in a single 6MCU box on the Airbus Single Aisle aircraft. T3CAS provides a platform that offers Required Navigation Performance Authorization Required (RNP AR), Airborne Traffic Situational Awareness (ADS-B IN ATSAW) capability, Runway Overrun Protection System full compliance and the first ADS-B OUT DO-260B compliant transponder on the market.
The performance based TAWS embedded in the integrated solution T3CAS associated with the high resolution terrain Data Base will allow to perform RNP AR (Required Navigation Performance) approaches in mountainous challenging airports.
Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), 70% owned by L-3 and 30% owned by Thales, is a leader in safety avionics systems that increase safety, situational awareness and efficiency for aircraft operators in all phases of flight. ACSS is part of L-3 Aviation Products, which includes Aviation Recorders, Avionics Systems Display Systems and Electronic System Services.
The surveillance platform is compliant with existing and future ATM requirements in Europe, the US and APAC regions and opens the way for ADS-B IN capabilities. Besides offering an integrated TCAS Change 7.1, a performance based TAWS and an ADS-B capable transponder in a 6 MCU package, T3CAS® also offers a full range of Airbus ADS-B IN functions such as ATSA-AIRB (Enhanced Air traffic Surveillance) and ATSA-ITP (In Trail Procedure) on Single Aisle and Long Range aircraft.
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