Mon, Apr 25, 2011
Rockwell Collins To Upgrade Air France B777-300 FFS
The French Civil Aviation Authority, La Direction
Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC) has
granted Level D approval for Rockwell Collins’ EP-8000 image
generator on an Air France Boeing 777-300 full flight simulator.
Following this first approval, Air France has selected the device
to upgrade three additional Boeing 777 simulators this year.
“The EP-8000 delivers unsurpassed levels of realism in
lighting, atmospherics and special effects in the environments it
generates for flight training scenarios,” said Ken Schreder,
vice president and general manager of Simulation & Training
Solutions for Rockwell Collins. “Our customers tell us that
this is the most realistic training visual they’ve
experienced, which is a key driver behind the Air France decision
to add the EP-8000 to more of their simulators.”
Another key factor is the high reliability and maintainability
of the EP-8000, which is made possible by the system’s unique
software architecture. Using commercial-off-the-shelf Field
Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology, the EP-8000 generates
unparalleled scene density, environment processing and performance.
With a completely programmable graphics pipeline – unique in
the marketplace – the EP-8000 provides an open, scalable
approach that allows new features and technology insertions over
the life cycle of the training program.
“The EP-8000 is the first visual system to apply software
programmable technology to the entire graphics rendering process,
which makes it much more cost-effective because it’s easier
and less expensive to maintain,” explained Schreder.
The EP-8000 is available for both commercial and military
training platforms and features:
- Near eye-limited resolution driving very high resolution
displays.
- Real-world scene density and depth complexity.
- Sub-one meter out-the-window and sensor imagery over very large
areas.
- Real-world correlated lighting, atmospherics, and special
effects.
- An economically upgradeable graphics pipeline.
- The largest dedicated texture memory in the industry for
high-resolution imagery.
- Industry leading reliability and maintainability – up to
20 years.
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