Navigate with confidence with the new generation of Thales DME 5x, already known as DME 500
The new generation of Thales DME 5x encompasses the Thales experience gained with the previous generations adding performance, reliability and state-of-the-art technology of the modern digitalized radio design.
Thales DME 5x is a modern equipment and improves performance, safety, reliability and advanced maintenance through remote software updates.
Higher integrity, higher reliability
Reliability and Integrity are enhancing, accomplished by using new technology components. Architecture is safety-oriented and has reliable operation thanks to modern components operating at low stress levels.
Benefiting of a higher accuracy ±15m enabling RNAV area navigation, the new system provides en-route and terminal guidance, with a handling capacity of up to 200 aircraft.
Higher performance
The high level of integration of the new DME 5x has a unique system with low and high power within the same equipment. 5x generation of DME is easily collocated with further equipment such as CVOR, DVOR and ILS.
By developing a configuration more sustainable and green, it allows reducing the number of modules and improving to reduced consumption.
Compliant with the ICAO standards, NextGen and SESAR, Thales, a key player in all major ATM modernization initiatives!
Thales participates in the European SESAR programme, which coordinates R&D in the Air Traffic Management domain. In 2020, Thales helped to equip commercial aircraft with new generation flight management systems which were used on over 50,000 flights whose environmental performance was recorded.
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Logistic support
Thales provides global logistics support and technical assistance for the DME equipments.
Thales’ extension of industrial and technology capabilities
Thales expands through the acquisition of Navigation Aids business of Moog Company, its navigation aids business with additional DME products offering.
Thales extends its navigation aids strategy with the 2020 Series DME deployed with thousands of worldwide installations in civil projects.
Navigate with confidence, with the 2020 DME
Solid state features
The 2020 DME includes DSP technology, hardware monitoring and conservatively rated RF power amplifiers. Pulse shape and spectrum are controlled by an agile digital feedback control loop to keep the signal in space within permissible limits in all operating conditions.
The 2020 is offered in a variety of configurations including single or dual transponder, fixed or mobile, and a compact wall mounted version.
Compliant with all requirements of ICAO Annex 10 and FAA-E-2996, the 2020 DME can be operated independently or in conjunction with other navigational aids such as ILS, CVOR, DVOR.
Performance Based Navigation, embrace the navigation of the future
DME technology has matured. As part of the future implementation of GNSS operations and the approach of PBN, Thales offers an optimum ground navigation capacity with its DME/DME solution.
DME/DME thus meeting the needs of PBN useful to support certain operational objectives of our customers and thus providing a complementary and reliable navigation infrastructure to GNSS.
Thales DME/DME is the most cost-effective solution to the Performance Based Navigation (PBN) problem!