Avionics

New developments and products in avionics, specifically about aircraft electronics in the cockpit.

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cabin & Cockpit Avionics

As business on a global scale reaches unprecedented levels, more business aircraft customers are demanding that their office in the sky offer the same capa
Avionics

Garmin Launches ‘G1000 Light’ Avionics

Garmin unveiled the G950 avionics suite at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla., on Tuesday.
Avionics

Garmin Introduces Synthetic-vision System

Garmin announced yesterday that it has received FAA supplemental type certification for a synthetic-vision system it is incorporating into the G1000 cockpi
Avionics

NBAA’s Bolen: Flipped Switch Won’t Start NextGen ATC

The next-generation ATC system will not be turned on instantly with the flip of a switch, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen told attendees at the U.S.
Engines

Eclipse 500 Gets a Pair of Garmins

Eclipse Aviation this afternoon revealed another major change to the Avio NG avionics suite for the Eclipse 500, announcing the addition of two panel-mount
Avionics

Iridium Names Three ‘Next’ Partners

Iridium last month said it has reached agreements with three companies to develop the company’s next-generation satellite constellation, called Iridium Nex
Avionics

Dassault Picks Honeywell Com Link

Dassault has selected Honeywell to supply a communications gateway (CG-710) and multi-channel satcom systems (MCS-7120) for all Falcon 900 and 2000 series
Aircraft

Viking Air chooses Apex for Twin Otter 400

After a nine-month selection process, the company that plans to bring the Twin Otter back into production has chosen Honeywell’s Primus Apex integrated fli
Avionics

Aspen Avionics secures TSO for novel EFD1000 PFD line

What began as a clever idea by two former Eclipse Aviation engineers culminated last month with TSO approval for Aspen Avionics’ Evolution Pilot and Pro pr
Avionics

Jeppesen Touts Online RAIM Tool

Through its JetPlan flight planning service, Jeppesen for the last couple of years has been offering RAIM (receiver autonomous integrity monitoring) predic
Avionics

FAA Certifies Eclipse Weather Radar

The FAA has certified a new airborne weather radar system for the Eclipse 500 developed by the Albuquerque, N.M.
Avionics

Gulfstream testing fly-by-light controls

Just days after taking the wraps off the fly-by-wire G650 last month, Gulfstream revealed that it has successfully flown a GV testbed fitted with a fiber-o
Avionics

FDS wins its first STC for $100K Ellipse TV system

Flight Display Systems of Alpharetta, Ga., last month won a long-anticipated FAA STC for Ellipse TV, a product that takes a commercial-off-the-shelf satell
Avionics

Despite lingering complaints, JeppView frustration eases

It seems as though every few months Internet message boards erupt with complaints about Jeppesen’s JeppView electronic chart and navigation database servic
Avionics

Avidyne Offers Sneak Peek AT FMS

In presenting its 2007 technical achievement award to senior engineer Steve Lindsey for his involvement in developing a flight management system for genera
ATC

Natca Chief Calls for More Scrutiny of FAA’s NextGen

“We believe that Congress should call for an immediate, comprehensive evaluation of NextGen, before additional funds to implement it are expended,” Natca p
Safety

FAA AD Affects Hundreds of Avidyne PFDs

Following a rash of reports of incorrect altitude and airspeed indications by Avidyne Entegra EXP5000 primary flight displays, the FAA yesterday issued an
Aircraft

Cessna warms to fly-by-wire for Columbus, but system is a hybrid

Whenever a manufacturer develops a new airplane, engineers have the opportunity to incorporate new technology into the design.
Avionics

New TCAS/TAWS Available from Honeywell

Honeywell introduced two new collision avoidance and ground proximity warning systems intended for light to medium turbines airplanes.
Avionics

Avidyne Offers Sneak Peek at Homegrown FMS

In presenting its 2007 technical achievement award to senior engineer Steve Lindsey for his involvement in developing a flight management system for genera
Aircraft

Viking Air Chooses Honeywell Apex for Twin Otter

Viking Air told AIN it will use Honeywell Primus Apex avionics in the Twin Otter Series 400, which the company plans to build new at its f
Avionics

FedEx to equip its fleet with Kollsman EVS units

Kollsman, the company that invented the first sensitive barometric altimeter in 1928 and the first enhanced vision system (EVS) on the Gulfstream V in 2001
Avionics

Collins adds e-charts to mix of Pro Line 21 add-on capabilities

During last month’s NBAA Convention, Rockwell Collins announced certification of the company’s integrated flight information system (IFIS), an add-on to th
Aircraft

Pro Line 21 all-glass cockpit joins King Air production line

All production Beech King Air 350s and B200s are now being equipped at the factory with Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics in a configuration that is ne
Avionics

XM Radio’s satellite weather link closes in on certification

A new cockpit weather service from XM Radio that is about to make its debut aboard business jets deserves a closer look by aircraft operators who are inter
Avionics

EGPWS patent trial begins this month

Rival avionics manufacturers are about to get their day in court.
Avionics

Collins Introduces Integrated Display Version of Pro Line 21

For business jet operators on a budget, Rockwell Collins has introduced IDS-3000, an integrated display retrofit package that includes active-matrix LCDs,
Avionics

Honeywell RAAS Now a Citation Option

An enhancement to Honeywell’s Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) that aids pilots at unfamiliar airports in reduced visibility will be a fact
Avionics

CMC Delivers first Global Express EVS Hardware to Bombardier

Montreal-based CMC Electronics has delivered the first complete enhanced vision system (EVS) to Bombardier for flight testing aboard the Global Express.
Avionics

Japanese IFE Supplier Enters Business Aviation Market

Matsushita Avionics Systems, a supplier of in-flight entertainment equipment to airlines, is getting into the business aviation market with a new cabin pro