Avionics

Universal Avionics (UA) announced on Wednesday that it has completed development of its first Aperture visual data management solution. Introduced last year, Aperture is designed to help pilots “take advantage of real-time content analysis and augmented reality, such as visual positioning, obstacle detection, taxi guidance, and traffic awareness” to improve situational awareness. According to UA, […]

There are plenty of aging jets and turboprops that are still good airplanes, but many need affordable modern flight management systems with precision GPS approach capability that can display on the existing EFIS. Avidyne has a solution with its Atlas retrofit FMS and it was showing the system at the 2022 NBAA-BACE convention in Orlando, […]

Contrary to previous reports, the Sonex Xenos involved in the Sept. 17, 2022, triple-fatal midair collision in Colorado was not transmitting ADS-B “out” data at the time of the accident, according to the NTSB. ADS-B “out” is required within the Denver Mode C veil where the accident occurred. And the NTSB Preliminary Report (download PDF […]

Avionics shops have been busy. So busy that the wait to get into some of them is almost a year. There are reasons for that. Installation complexity, airframe teardown and equipment shortages mean a longer stay on the shop floor. To get a feel for how shops and avionics manufacturers rate in the watering eyes […]

With 25 years in the business, and more than 9,200 pieces of used avionics in inventory, not much surprises Scott DeHart of Bennett Avionics. As the avionics industry rolls out the latest marvel, he knows at some point he’ll have the hot, new stuff, albeit used, on his South Windsor, Connecticut, store shelf. For this […]

The FAA has approved expansion of uAvionix’s Approved Model List (AML) for its AV-30C Electronic Flight Instrument System (EFIS). The ruling adds more than 190 models of high-performance single and light twin aircraft. The AV-30C is priced at less than $2,300. Originally available for experimental aircraft, the AV-30C was STC certified for approved production aircraft […]

A study by the National Academies of Sciences has determined that most civilian GPS services won’t suffer significant interference from Ligado’s new 5G cellular and data service but the military might be in some trouble. The study, which was ordered by Congress and funded by the Pentagon, determined that the Ligado network, which will carry […]

Oregon-based Lightspeed Aviation announced today its Delta Zulu next-gen ANR aviation headset. Part of a new category of devices the company calls “safety wearables,” the headset weighs in at 14.9 ounces and is priced at $1099. The Delta Zulu also sports new styling and a variety of useful and unique features that Lightspeed says cater […]

Avidyne’s AviOS10.3 operating system software for the IFD GPS navigator series and ATLAS and HELIOS flight management systems has received FAA technical standard order authorization (TSOA) and supplemental type certificate (STC) approval. Among the features added with the software upgrade are visual approaches, vertical navigation (VNAV) and a certified terrain avoidance and warning system (TAWS) […]

Avionics manufacturer FreeFlight Systems has announced that its Terrain series of radar altimeters (“radalts”) has received FAA Technical Standard Order certification. The dual-install RA-6500 and single-install RA-5500 meet performance standards for airborne low-range radar altimeters free from interference by 5G cellular telephone networks. Anthony Rios, president of FreeFlight Systems, said, “In 2019, foreseeing the interference […]