SIA to upgrade fleet of Boeing 777 airplanes with Astronautics' BP4 Electronic Flight Bag

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will upgrade its fleet of Boeing 777 airplanes with Astronautics’ Block Point 4 (BP4) Electronic Flight Bag (EFB). “The newer EFB will enable the storage of more information including detailed charts, maps, documents and databases, allowing operators to enhance airplane performance and improve operational efficiency,” said Larry Levine, vice president, Business Development, Airlines and OEMs. “With the expanded performance of the Central Processing Unit, operators can continue to add new applications as they are developed. Additionally, the enhancements made to the BP4 EFB have provided a significant improvement to the mean time between failures (MTBF) making it one of the most reliable avionics systems fielded today, reducing total operating costs by over 50% for an airline.” The EFB is a form-fit-function replacement for the existing Astronautics BP3 EFBs on SIA’s Boeing 777 and can be installed overnight.