Aircraft interface device from navAero now certified, flying in Part 121

Posted by John McHaleSUNDSVALL, Sweden, 13 Nov. 2010. navAero announced the certification and first installation of the navAero Aircraft Interface Device (AID). This new product has been designed to be used in conjunction with the navAero t-Bag C2²electronic flight bag (EFB) system. The AID provides a flexible and cost efficient certified connectivity to aircraft systems to meet the requirements of complex Class 2 EFB installation architectures being specified by commercial airline operators. The navAero AID provides access to six discrete signals and can receive inputs from as many as eight different ARINC 429 systems or from seven ARINC 429 and one ARINC 717 systems. These connections can be made to standard avionics systems like a flight management system (FMS), GNSS, and IRS for the implementation of software applications like surface area moving maps or E-Tech logs. The ability of the AID to be configured to receive ARINC 717 data provides a faster, more efficient and flexible way to access QAR datastreams directly through the EFB. The AID can receive and store aircraft data on a built-in flash memory card or forward the data. The first deployment of the navAero AID was accomplished via EASA STC on the A320 series and is now flying in a regularly scheduled commercial airline in Europe."As more and more airline operators demand sophisticated Class 2 EFB architectures, ancillary hardware like our AID has to be there to provide the certified connections to aircraft systems," says Knut Aabo, senior vice president sales and marketing at navAero. "Whether operators want the capability to utilize applications like airport surface area moving maps or have an easy means for accessing aircraft data, our AID provides the ability to have certified connections in one affordable package. Our AID can also be a retrofit solution for operators with already deployed EFB systems that do not currently have the certified aircraft system connectivity that they need."

Aircraft interface device from navAero now certified, flying in Part 121

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