Fokker Services Launches New SPD-Smart Product at Mro Europe

Element EDW -- Improving the Airline Passenger Experience by Controlling Outside Elements Entering the Aircraft Cabin

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwired - October 21, 2016) - This week's MRO Europe conference and exhibition is the stage for the world premier of a new electronically dimmable window (EDW) system using Research Frontiers SPD-Smart technology. Fokker Services, a division of GKN Aerospace, launched "Element EDW," a new electronically dimmable window system for commercial airliners. Developed in collaboration with Research Frontiers licensee InspecTech Aero Service, this "smart transparency" controls and manages both beneficial and undesirable outside elements coming into aircraft cabins through passenger windows.

Fokker's SPD-Smart Element EDW dramatically improves the airline passenger experience, for all on board, by instantly and precisely managing the optimum amount of healthy daylight for passenger comfort and well-being, and rejecting uncomfortable heat and noise. The lightweight EDW has no moving parts and replaces components including window shades, "scratch panes" and other parts that require high maintenance.

This week at the GKN/Fokker MRO Europe booth, Fokker unveiled an Element EDW product designed for retrofit installation on airlines' single-aisle and dual-aisle aircraft that are in-service. In a Fokker press release, the company indicated they are "planning first delivery of the product in Q3 of 2017."

For more information about Element EDW, we invite you to select the links below:

• Fokker Element EDW press release

• Fokker Element EDW brochure

• Video of Element EDW for A320s, in operation, at MRO Europe

Fokker's Element EDW, supplied by InspecTech Aero Service and using Research Frontiers SPD-Smart film technology, improves the cabin atmosphere by controlling outside elements coming through windows:

Daylight: At the touch of a button, passengers have the ability to precisely control the amount of light and glare coming through windows – from clear to darkly opaque and any level in between. They can continue to enjoy views by tinting their Element EDW to a comfortable level of light, rather than blocking their view with a shade. Aircraft cabin daylight management benefits all passengers, not just those seated at windows. Cabin-wide electronic control over all EDWs, operated automatically with photosensors or manually by the crew, results in the optimum level of daylight throughout the cabin at all times. Cabins equipped with Element EDWs are instantly transformed by optimizing healthy daylighting, enhancing views, and delivering a more open feeling with greater perceived space.