ATR 72-600 uses new avionics from Thales

NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, 11 June 2011. The ATR 72-600 regional aircraft will be flying with an avionics solution from Thales. The Thales suite is has a modular avionics architecture that consists of a cockpit equipped with a flight management system (FMS), five wide-screen liquid crystal displays, and a new automatic pilot system. The ATR-600 also has an AFDX, or Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet, network.
June 11, 2011
Posted by John McHaleNEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, 11 June 2011. The ATR 72-600 regional aircraft will be flying with an avionics solution from Thales. The Thales suite is has a modular avionics architecture that consists of a cockpit equipped with a flight management system, five wide-screen liquid crystal displays, and a new automatic pilot system. The ATR-600 also has an AFDX, or Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet, network.The aircraft and the Thales avionics system were granted European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification. The first operator of the aircraft will be Royal Air Maroc.
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