Innovation Dec 23. 2016

Live weather updates in the cockpit

Thales and Brussels Airlines have demonstrated a new live weather service that sends weather updates to the pilot's Electronic Flight Bag system throughout the...

Innovation Dec 16. 2016

UX Center of Excellence driving digital transformation

To deliver an exceptional customer satisfaction, Thales InFlyt Experience has created a User Experience (UX) Center of Excellence (CoE). This organization is...

Innovation Dec 08. 2016

The neuroscience of pilot training

Everyone knows the importance of human factors in instruction and training, yet until recently, they weren’t measured in any objective or quantifiable way....

Innovation Jun 10. 2016

How avionics could look in 2050

Will air transport be fully automated by 2050? That was the theme of the recent symposium organised by the French Air and Space Academy in Toulouse. Bruno...

Innovation Jun 07. 2016

Achieving high-accuracy geo-localization inside a 57-kilometre tunnel without GPS

In outdoor conditions, geo-localization is usually carried out with GPS data and there is no challenge to succeed in such a mission. But inside a tunnel, where...

Innovation Apr 27. 2016

MEECO, the open mission platform

To make it simple, if GPS + connectivity = Waze, so FMS + connectivity = MEECO for Mission End-to-End Connected & Optimised. Patrick Gouhier, in charge of...

Innovation Apr 08. 2016

SEFA programme: How Thales is preparing the avionics of the future

The SEFA research programme in France was officially launched in February 2016. Joseph Huysseune, who helped to get the programme off the ground, tells us more...

Innovation Apr 01. 2016

TopAxyz: the only IMU of its kind in the world

The TopAxyz inertial measurement unit (IMU) from Thales is packed with advanced technologies and delivers the performance needed for critical applications in the air, on land and at sea.

Innovation Mar 25. 2016

Galileo: Thales among the lead industry players on Europe's FRAME programme

Thales is working alongside fellow industry players IABG, Qinetiq and Telespazio on the leadership of FRAME, a research programme aimed at formalising the...