UK firm Inzpire is promoting a tablet-based electronic flight bag for use by military air crews.
The system, which was originally developed in 2010, eliminates the need for pilots to carry a bag full of documents aboard their aircraft, and introduces a number of features that help pilots easily access mission critical information.
It is being used by a number helicopter crews from the UK's Joint Helicopter Command, and has also been taken up by some international operators of the Lockheed Martin F-16.
Royal Air Force Wg Cdr Steve Savage, a former weapons system officer on the Panavia Tornado F3, demonstrates a number of capabilities using a ruggedised Panasonic tablet device. The system can be used with flying gloves and is also night vision goggle-capable.
It features moving map capability, which is ideal for operators of legacy aircraft as it removes the need to add a multi-function display.
In addition, the tablet can hold both unclassified data, such as the layout of an airfield, or classified information, such as the position of friendly and enemy forces.
Pilots can quickly add features such as enemy missile batteries, with the effective range of the weapon also displayed.
A special viewing mode can also be called up, which displays an area of interest as a 3D map with obstructions such as pylons clearly shown.
Source: FlightGlobal.com
