In the Boeing 777’s first major avionics upgrade since its introduction in 1995, the distinctive twin-engine widebody jet will sport a leaner, yet more capable integrated avionics system and optional cockpit-mounted electronic flight bags (EFBs). Italian flag carrier Alitalia will be the first to receive the integrated avionics. Starting with the 777-200ER, new production aircraft also will receive new primary flight computers, electrical load management systems, air supply and cabin pressure controllers, cabin pressure outflow valves and proximity sensing electronics units.
At the heart of the upgrade is Honeywell’s Airplane Information Management System (AIMS), which integrates processing for the following avionics functions:
Flight management computing,
Navigation,
Flight deck communications,
Primary displays computing,
Digital flight data acquisition,
Quick access recorder,
Aircraft condition monitoring
Thrust management computing,
Central maintenance computing and
Data conversion gateway.