For the electronic flight bag..charts. The future is for navigation and ADSB tracking of other aircraft.
They are concerned about signal validation/corruption, and a secure WiFi connection.
Rather than a physical connection, the aircraft systems such as GPS, FMC, and IRU, would be wireless.
As we know, a passenger in the back, could have a Google Earth program with live ADSB tracking, or even a site such as flightaware, while the pilot does not have that capability....
Last edited by FlightPathOBN; 20th Nov 2012 at 16:36.