Avionics

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

Avionics

Garmin Co-founder Burrell Passes

Garmin co-founder and chairman emeritus Gary Burrell dies at 81.
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Avionics

FAA Advises Operators on Flight Plans Without GPS

The FAA is reminding pilots that flight plans must accurately reflect the current equipment available on the aircraft.
Avionics

Nav Canada Sticks by ADS-B Antenna Mandate

Nav Canada is not budging on its requirement for ADS-B diversity antenna configurations, meaning antennas mounted on the top and the bottom of aircraft.
Avionics

Pilots, OEMs Dealing with Collins GPS Issue

The Collins GPS outage is disrupting operations of aircraft equipped with certain GPS receivers, but it may be resolved soon.
Avionics

Honeywell's Nex-gen Radar Selected By UAM Manufacturer

Honeywell's IntuVue RDR-84K uses electronically steered phased-array radar.
Avionics

Collins GPS Receivers Suffer Reception Outage

GPS problems have occurred in some aircraft equipped with Collins Aerospace GPS receivers.
Avionics

Viasat Shipping High-speed Ka-band Global Aero Terminal

Viasat is now shipping its new Ka-band GAT-5518, which provides in-flight, high-speed connectivity for aircraft ranging from UAVs to business jets.
Avionics

JetSupport Tapped for First Euro G5000 Excel Upgrade

The Amsterdam-based MRO will offer the Garmin upgrade, which is expected to enter service in early summer.
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Avionics

ForeFlight Adds Takeoff/Landing Performance

ForeFlight's new runway performance feature will encourage pilots to calcuate performance more often.
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Avionics

Universal Avionics Sees Growing Upgrade Activity

Avionics Manufacturer Universal Avionics anticipates growing European interest in new navigation equipment.
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Universal Avionics Tapped for Falcon 900B Retrofit

Dassault Falcon upgrade will make it compliant with various avionics/ATC mandates.
Avionics

Honeywell Helps Give Global Express Makeover

ACC Columbia Jet Serivce worked with Honeywell on a signfiicant upgrade spanning the flight deck, cabin, and connectivity systems.
ATC

RocketRoute Now Works With Honeywell Datalink Lite

Honeywell has introduced Datalink Lite for "business and general aviation operators who fly less frequently," but who want some of the benefits.
Avionics

FlightAware Highlights Flight-tracking in Europe

There are many benefits available to Europe-based flight-tracking customers, according to FlightAware.
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Avionics

Banyan Equips HondaJet Elite with Gogo Avance

Banyan is working hard to be the go-to MRO for business jets upgrading to Gogo's Avance L3 and L5 products.
Avionics

FlightSafety Adds FalconEye to Dassault Sims

FSI is adding Dassault’s new combined vision system to Falcon family simulators in Paris, Dallas and Teterboro.
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Collins Touchscreens Proliferating in Flight Decks

EASA certification has been granted for the Collins Pro Line Fusion upgrade in the Citation CJ3, and is expected soon for the Challenger 604.
Avionics

Bombardier Unveils Updated Challenger 350

Improvements bring performance, cabin, and cockpit enhancements to the world’s best-selling business jet.
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No Logjam Yet On ADS-B Out Installs in Europe

Luxaviation Group executive says 80 percent of the Luxembourg-based company's fleet is equipped with ADS-B Out.
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Dassault Intros Falcon Perf on iPad

App enables Falcon pilots to easily calculate compliant takeoff and landing performance
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Avionics

Europe ADS-B Mandate Coming June 2020

About 1,000 turbine business aircraft meet the upcoming European ADS-B mandate thus far.
Avionics

Jet Aviation Completes Trio of Major Refurbs

Boeing 747 and two Gulfstream GIV upgrades feature Ka-Band installations and refreshed cabins
Avionics

Newcomer Archein Pursues Quick-turn HUD/EVS Installs

Changes in FAA regulations for reduced minimums approaches are the impetus for startup Archein Aerospace, CEO says.
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Avionics

Avidyne IFD Update Allows Pro Line 21 Interface

Owners of legacy turbine airplanes can add LPV approach capability by tapping Avidyne's new GLAS IFD features.
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Avionics

FAA: ADS-B Rebates Are Gone

The ADS-B rebate uptake accelerated in recent weeks, and the last few hundred went in just a few days.
Avionics

Elliott Aviation Reaches Milestone G5000 Retrofit

An industry leading Garmin retrofitter, the MRO will install its 50th G5000 flight deck.
Avionics

FAA To Run Out of ADS-B Rebates Soon

The rate of rebates being claimed has doubled from about 70 per day to about 150 per day in the last week, the FAA said.
Avionics

Avionics Sales Post Ninth Consecutive Quarter of Growth

Avionics sales were up to $724 million in the first three months of 2019, Aircraft Electronics Association says.
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U.S. Bizav Fleet Passes 70 Percent ADS-B Equipage

According to statistics from FÏightAware, more than 70 percent of U.S.-registered bizjets and turboprops have met the mandate, with the deadline looming.
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IS&S Autothrottle Certified in King Air

The ThrustSense Autothrottle system developed by Innovative Solutions & Support is now available for King Air turboprops.
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