ADS-B

ADS-B is big in the news at the Aircraft Electronics Association show in Dallas this month. In this product tour, AVweb reviews ADS-B units from three companies: Appareo, Avidyne, and Sandia Aerospace. view on YouTube

Ahead of the 2015 Aircraft Electronics Association trade show, we reached out to AEA president Paula Derks for her show forecast. She answered a few questions about the ADS-B mandate and what FAA nextgen specialist Mike Whitaker may have to say at the show, as well as hinting at some of the product announcements in […]

AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli spoke with Tim Taylor of FreeFlight Systems about the company’s EquipIt 2020 initiative, which aims to provide low-cost equipage options to meet the FAA’s coming ADS-B mandate. With the Aircraft Electronics Association show going on now in Dallas, Taylor explained the logistics of FreeFlight’s RANGR Lite system, encouraged owner-pilots to equip sooner […]

Fourteen GA groups told the FAA on Friday the agency must straighten out issues with the ADS-B Out compliance rules if aircraft owners are to meet the 2020 deadline for the new equipment requirements. In a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Huerta (PDF), they highlighted concerns including compliance for experimental aircraft, which don’t have type […]

Looking to gain traction in a market saturated with portable ADS-B weather receivers, SiriusXM Aviation introduced the SXAR1 satellite broadcast weather receiver. Streaming WSI weather data, the Bluetooth receiver is compatible with newer iPad tablets and WSI’s Pilotbrief Optima app. In this video, Aviation Consumer‘s Larry Anglisano gives an overview of the interface. view on […]

Lockheed Martin Flight Services is introducing a variety of new features that make use of satellite datalink, including a new electronic PIREP and search-and-rescue capability that uses the Iridium communications network. In this video, Aviation Consumer‘s Larry Anglisano gets a tour of the new features from Lockheed’s Jim Derr while at AirVenture 2014 in Oshkosh, […]

An occupational hazard of being a journalist is that you’re occasionally-wittingly or unwittingly-a shill for some product, a service, an organization…you name it. One reason for this is that much of what we do on AVweb is bulletin reporting. By that, I mean if a development happens or someone says something, we report it straight […]

2020 is no longer some far-future date you’d see in a summer blockbuster – and that means the clock is ticking on equipping your airplane for next-generation airspaces. NavWorx may have the friendliest price point for entering the ADS-B equipment market, so we spoke with CEO Bill Moffitt at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh. Duration: 4:57 […]

European pilots will be able to download the popular Garmin Pilot app by the end of May. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli filed this report with Garmin’s Jessica Koss from Aero Friedrichshafen. Duration: 3:33 File Size: 3.0 MB download here

With the ADS-B mandate looming five years ahead, we’re seeing more products that address this requirement, including this one shown at AEA in Nashville. FreeFlight’s wireless Rangr all-in-one box provides ADS-B In and Out and has a wireless adapter to put the weather and other data on a tablet. Price is $5,495. view on YouTube