Leading provider of in inflight entertainment and communications Panasonic Avionics, a unit of Panasonic Corporation, has been selected to supply the cabin services system (CSS) on the new family of Boeing 777X aircraft.

Panasonic is currently the supplier of CSS on all Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, said a statement from the company.

Panasonic’s CSS is a scalable, database driven, ethernet-based network that provides core cabin functions such as passenger address, cabin interphone and environmental controls. CSS directly integrates with external subsystems such as cabin lighting and other airplane member systems across the airframe networks, including the inflight entertainment and connectivity solutions, it added.

The 777X is the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world with 320 orders and commitments for the aircraft, it said.

The cabin interior will include larger windows, a wider cabin, new lighting, and an enhanced architecture with cabin electronics controlled by the Panasonic CSS, further added the statement.

Paul Margis, president and chief executive officer for Panasonic Avionics, said: “This agreement is the reflection of a growing relationship between Panasonic and Boeing.”

“It shows the success of our efforts to combine reliability crucial for CSS with continued innovation benefitting flight crew and passengers, something that’s core to the 777X programme,” he added. – TradeArabia News Service