The Barco EICAS display will indicate airship data such as fuel status, water ballast, and parameter limits. The display can add and remove information indicated on the screen, and make adjustments to key parameters like fuel quantity and water ballast.
"The open MOSArt software platform allows a perfect integration with our custom-made avionics suites, and minimizes the certification effort and risk," explains Thomas Brandt, general manager at ZLT.
Goodyear will use the three airships for marketing and for VIP passenger flights for local and national charities. ZLT will deliver the three airships over the next six years, with the first airship entering service in January 2014.
For more information contact Barco online at www.barco.com or ZLT at www.zeppelinflug.de, or the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. at www.goodyearblimp.com.
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