Thales/ACSS Terrain Collision Avoidance System, T3CAS Mode S selected by easyJet for its A320 NEOs/CEOs
Key Points
- easyJet will equip a total of 136 A320 NEO and CEOs with the T3CAS surveillance platform
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With reduced weight and lower power consumption the T3CAS brings significant fuel consumption and cost savings to Europe’s leading airline.
On the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow 2016 Thales announces that easyJet has selected the Thales/ACSS T3CAS - Terrain Collision Avoidance System - surveillance solution on their A320 NEO and CEO aircraft
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has 130 A320 NEO and 6 Airbus A320 CEO on order, and will equip these aircraft with the T3CAS integrated surveillance solution. Due to its considerable weight and space saving as well as its low power consumption the T3CAS has a true competitive advantage for fuel consumption cost savings.
“The confidence placed by easyJet in our T3CAS surveillance solutions is all the more important to us that it reiterates our solution leading position on this global market with about 47% of Airbus linefit selections.” Daniel Malka, Thales VP and General Manager for Avionics Services Worldwide
With T3CAS, easyJet will benefit from the system’s unique performance based Terrain Avoidance Warning System, an all-in-one surveillance platform that includes collision avoidance, terrain avoidance and transponder.
Compliant to all upcoming worldwide mandates including ADS-B OUT and IN as well as Runway Overrun Protection, T3CAS is the Airbus standard choice for Surveillance on all A320 family aircraft.
The latest generation T3CAS equipped on the easyJet fleet includes an internal DO-260B transponder that is capable of providing a higher resolution in ADS-B data as well as supporting the Airbus runway safety system – Runway Overrun Protection System (ROPS).
Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), 70% owned by L-3 and 30% owned by Thales, is a leader in safety avionics systems that increase safety, situational awareness and efficiency for aircraft operators in all phases of flight. ACSS is part of L-3 Aviation Products, which includes Aviation Recorders, Avionics Systems Display Systems and Electronic System Services