24 April 2020: As a replacement of the current analogue audio systems Airbus received certification for a new digital audio cockpit system, "Digital Radio and Audio Integrating Management System" (DRAIMS) for the A320 Family.
Benefits of DRAIMS
- Features new Audio Management systems.
- Features new Control Panels with a large modern digital display, multifunction keys and a numeric keypad.
- Handles all cockpit communication tasks.
- Facilitates clearer communication between pilots, cabin crew and the ground to ensure safety of flight, answer to air traffic control, or prepare for ground operations.
- It saves 30 per cent weight compared with the previous analogue architecture
- It offers advanced back-up capability and improves A/C dispatch capability.
- It is more robust, offers advanced back-up capability and improves A/C dispatch capability.
- The installation lead-time is now reduced due to the much simplified wiring between the cockpit and the avionics bay.
DRAIMS will be installed as standard from mid-2021 for the A320 Family. Certification for the A330 Family is planned for around the end of 2020, and subsequently for the A350 XWB