Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latecoere Interconnection Systems (LIS) have signed a partnership agreement to develop a new and unique In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) technology - "The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor".

LiFi (Light Fidelity) is the latest wireless communication technology which uses light to transmit data. With this agreement, ACJ becomes the pioneer and only aircraft manufacturer to offer the next generation of communication systems technology on-board a corporate aircraft.

The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor offers a unique entertainment experience and was designed to be an easy plug and play solution. It is a multi-technology smart 4K monitor offering Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and LiFi connectivity. It will allow analog audio output, USBc ports as well as HDMI connections. Features include Audio Video On Demand (AVOD), casting, mirroring, web browser, live TV and its own integrated video conferencing.

In line with ACJ's excellence in customer care, ACJ is developing the ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor to make our customers' cabin experience unique and easily upscalable and with the same features as you would have at home. This new technology will be available in retrofit and cabin outfitting before the end of the year.

Latecoere's Aerostructures branch is also working with Airbus Corporate Jets and is on target to deliver its first reindustrialised passenger staircase of the VIP version of the ACJ A320 in June 2021.

On board the aircraft, the 4-metre-high electromechanical staircase folds and retracts into the hold, under the door. It is standard equipment, present on all models of this range of aircraft. This equipment provides greater autonomy in airports where the aircraft may be required to land, and therefore greater freedom of operation.

The production of the staircase is mainly internalised, and relies on the complementarity of the Latecoere sites. The Toulouse-Montredon (France) and Prague (Czech Republic) factories produce some of the elementary parts, and final assembly is carried out in Gimont (France). It is also an inter-branch project since the Interconnection Systems teams work on the electrical aspects of the staircase.