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ZII GOES 4K
Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii) is
anticipating that it will be the first
supplier to bring 4K displays to the
entire cabin on several aircraft types,
both linefit and retrofit, prior to the
launch of the Boeing 777X in mid
2020, with multiple deliveries
scheduled for Q1 2020. The
company’s RAVE Ultra product line
includes 4K displays in a variety of
sizes ranging from 13.3in to 32in.
As well as bringing 4K technology
to the sky, the company is also
supporting Bluetooth audio
over passenger or
airline
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Surveillance technology
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supplied wireless headsets for the
entire cabin without negatively
affecting wi-fi services.
RAVE Ultra is the next evolution of
Zii’s Crystal Cabin Award-winning
seat-centric IFE system which allows
Zii to offer a full cabin 4K experience
without the need to upgrade aircraft
backbones.
The core business of Latécoère’s
equipment & systems business unit is
the development, manufacture and
integration of airborne video systems.
This business unit’s mission is to
provide an enhanced passenger
experience, cabin and cargo
surveillance, as well as aircraft
operations assistance on ground.
The company’s onboard video
surveillance solutions are becoming
more and more e cient thanks
to integrated artifi cial intelligence
and cybersecurity technologies.
The system o ers automatic
passenger counting, cabin crew
assistance, automatic luggage
analysis, human behaviour analysis
and cybersecurity technology, which
enables aircraft operators to improve
fl ight safety, on-board e ciency
and passenger experience, while
ensuring cybersecurity, data
protection and privacy.
RIGHT: LATÉCOERE’S VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS ARE
BACKED WITH CYBERSECURITY
MEASURES
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Musical interlude
APEX Expo visitors can learn about two new
entertainment options. The fi rst, titled Rock the World,
is a music documentary by Federico Giannace about
Richie Stephens and The Ska Nation band, fi lmed
between Jamaica and Italy, giving the audience new
energies and new vibes. The fi lm is available worldwide
for airlines, trains, bus, ships and hotels.
The second fi lm is The Violin Player by Paavo
Westerberg, which has been sold for domestic
distribution in several territories and is available for
in-fl ight, trains, bus, ships and hotel rights worldwide
(with the exclusion of Scandinavia and China).
Both movies are on o er for distribution from
Summerside International, a Rome-based boutique
company that handles sales and production, and
promotes a range of feature fi lms, art and music fi lms,
and documentaries.
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ASTRONICS TO
SHOW A RAFT OF
NEW TECHNOLOGIES
Astronics will introduce several new connectivity and
power technologies at APEX Expo this year, including the
Edge Cabin Network Platform, an inflight connectivity
hardware whereby smarter distributed computing
architectures enable easy scaling for IFE systems.
The company will also introduce EmPower Xpress, an
easy retrofit in-seat power solution, and a new version
of its webFB AID, which offers an
extended range to wirelessly
connect to cabin wi-fi and
enable real-time data
collection and transfer on
the ground.
Astronics has also
revealed plans to show
updated li-fi
technologies and an
exploration of alternate
gesture control
technology applications
for use on aircraft.
Astronics invites
guests to attend a
series of in-booth
presentations on
IFE topics
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