Integrated avionics for cockpit applications

Increased air traffic causes congestion at airports, forcing aircraft to circle until a runway is available and resulting in unnecessary fuel burn.

Currently, navigation management is not sufficiently accurate in many aircraft, apart from the largest and newest ones, to predict the exact landing time. The weather is another variable which has an impact on takeoffs and landings and consequently aircraft fuel consumption.

To limit these effects, Esterline CMC Electronics is working on cockpit technologies that will improve navigation performance and help to better predict landing time, reduce distances between aircraft, and operate more efficiently in inclement weather conditions.

How will this be achieved? Mainly through a better integration of onboard functions in the cockpit. This involves bringing together, in front of the pilot, calculating, display, control and signal reading capabilities in an area that is physically smaller, much like we display various programs on a single computer screen.

As a result, the integration of information will enhance the performance of the aircraft’s various systems and give pilots faster and better structured access to information they need. This in turn will help them make better decisions.
In the long term, this project will allow for a significant reduction in the energy footprint of our industry.