100%Global GPS

tracking will improve from 30% to

Smart materials may enable self-healing

electronics for unprecedented safety,

efficiency andcomfort

Lockheed Martin N+2

...and Beyond

3.5billion peoplefly each year

100,000flights are in the air each day

CANNON OCTOGIGThis ultra high speed, light-weight, high-bandwidth 10 Gb Ethernet connector offers a significant increase in data transfer rates.

Airbus A380, 2005

2000s –2010s

1stpassenger airliner designed

entirely on computer

A new collision avoidance systemreduced mid-air collisions to only

flight hours

The 777 was the

100,000,0001 in

CANNON FIBER OPTICSPlaneNET was a fiber optic system that connected various functions withinthe aircraft.

Boeing 777, 1994

1980s –1990s1970s –1980s

BAC/Sud Aviation Concorde, 1976

2xspeed of sound

130passengers

3 hours

=10

CANNON PV CONNECTORA harsh-environment connector that could withstand the vibration of the Concorde’s supersonic speeds.

1960s –1970s

Boeing 747, 1969

The wing areaof the 747

jumbo jet is

With a capacity of nearlythe 747 held the world record for

yearslargest passengertransport for

the wing area of the Wright Brothers’ first flight flyer12x

50037

CANNON ARINC 600 The front release version of this connector ushered in new specification requirements for the avionics industry.

CANNON D-SUB CONNECTORThe first multipurpose connector that providedthe aviation industry with a compact, lightweight, high circuit capacity electrical component.

6xas many passengers

in the Boeing 707than in the Comet

moreby air

Trans-Atlantic travel

than by sea in 1958

1950s –1960s

Boeing 707, 1957

50percent fasterthan propeller

transport

20hours

what took

10hours

now took

CANNON K PLUGThe first connector specifically designed for aircraft equipment, including radios, lamps and call systems.

de Havilland Comet, 1949

1940s –1950s

15hours

took

3refueling stops

required

21passengers

carried

24

12

18 6

CANNON AF PLUGUsed on the historic all-metal DC series, it connected 42 wires from the engine through the firewall.

1930s –1940s

Douglas DC-3, 1933

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A History of Connecting the World in Flight

Leading a history of firsts in civil aviation

the “golden age” of air traveldawn of the jet ageearly commercial aviation

the future of flightnew frontiers

flying into the computer agebreaking the sound barrierbuilding them bigger