Bruce Bailey, CMC Electronics' vice-president civil aviation, says CMC has found the "sweet spot" in the Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) market with PilotView, the company's new second-generation Class 2 product.
PilotView bridges the gap between low-end off-the-shelf PC tablets and high-end Class 3 EFBs by offering an avionics-grade hardware package and certification to DO-160D.
"Several years ago we pioneered the market for EFBs with the CT-1000," says Bailey. "This showed that it was a good business to be in and that there was a market for a Class 2 EFB.
"Our research shows that customers have been unhappy with the reliability of existing low-end commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) laptop solutions. PilotView not only solves that problem, but adds additional functionality."
Display
PilotView consists of a lightweight electronic display and processing unit, and a companion power and expansion module unit. It offers a touch-sensitive screen, providing pilots with a choice when accessing or navigating through EFB software applications such as electronic charts, checklists, e-documents, performance calculations, real-time weather, surveillance video and moving maps.
Bailey says: "We decided to take a little longer to get to market, but as a result can now use the Centrino processing chip with built-in 802.11 wireless communications capability and full avionics grade packaging. We feel that we really have made a product that pilots will love."
Source: Flight Daily News
