Toughbook takes to the skies at Avalon Airshow | Panasonic Australia Business Blog

Toughbook will be flying high at the Avalon Airshow from the 24th Feb – 1st March 2015.

The Asia Pacific region is undergoing major growth in defence and aviation, with budgets in many countries continuing to rise and an ever increasing level of sophistication in technologies, equipment, systems and operational methods. One of the leading gateways to these important markets is Avalon 2015 – the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition staged at Avalon Airport, Geelong, Victoria.

How is Toughbook transforming aviation?

For technical maintenance and repair services in the hangars, quick maintenance services on the airfield or as Electronic Flight Bags (EFB) – Toughbooks, equipped with Intel® Core™ i5 vPro™ processor, help to optimise workflows in the air and to reduce service time on the ground. Thanks to their high level of protection, Toughbooks have exceptionally low magnetic emission levels and rigorous safeguards against external hazards. Selected devices have the MIL-STD 461E certification.

For quality monitoring ramp services manager Alexander Winkler (Vienna Airport), there’s no question. “Panasonic Toughbooks are ideal – for our needs and for our vehicles.”

Toughpad FZ-G1 tablets in Finnair’s aircrafts. “The Toughpad is what we call an electronic flight bag or EFB,” Finnair technical pilot Timo Seppälä explains.

How Toughbook and Toughpad meet the challenges of aviation

Shock-proof, weather-proof devices with high-visibility displays suited for the usage in any airport environment.
It gives airport ground staff access to real-time information enabling them to anticipate possible incidents, improve the management of available resources and reduce the time required for completing daily tasks.
Suitable for a variety of airport ramp services such as aircraft maintenance, refuelling and inspection of ground equipment to baggage and passenger transport.
World-class connectivity and durability gives maintenance crews ability to access flight logs in previously unachievable times – often even before the flight has landed.
Part of a future-proof electronic flight bag solution, Toughbook means reduced weight on board, time saving on updating the physical charts in the flight bag and operational benefits with connectivity.
Cutting edge display technology for brilliant screen visibility in direct sunlight or rain, and background illumination for working at night.
Even our smallest Toughpads with a display size of 7” and 10” are up to IP65 compliant for dust and moisture resistance and have wide temperature thresholds, so can be used in high or low temperatures and in conjunction with a vehicle mount.
Thanks to in-vehicle power solutions data can be accessed even while driving in de-icing vehicles, passenger transportation buses or in cargo tractors.
Toughpad tablets can also withstand falls from up to 180cm and are therefore perfectly suited to coordinate all airport ramp services.

This showcase will be a valuable opportunity for decision-makers to be informed and for exhibitors to connect with their customers, so naturally our team will be out in full force demonstrating the ways our mighty Toughbooks and Toughpads can overcome aviation challenges.

View the full range of Toughbooks and Toughpad.