Avionics

A side effect of the FAA’s move toward mandatory ADS-B position reporting next year is the ability for anyone to see a given aircraft’s position and identification, which raises privacy concern for pilots and aircraft owners. Now the FAA will make it possible for owners to opt out of broadcasting ADS-B data in a way […]

Six years after introducing the PAR200 combined audio panel and remote-mount comm radio, PS Engineering has committed significant updates. The PAR200B features a new user interface that benefits from soft keys to easier access to subfunctions as well as a new “brilliant” OLED—organic light-emitting diode, in case you still have a flip phone—display.  PS Engineering […]

Garmin says it is forever changing aviation with its Emergency Autoland system, which is the third layer of autonomous automation in the Autonomi suite that’s built into the G3000 integrated flight deck. In an emergency the pilot and passengers can engage Autoland with a single button push (or the system will activate itself if it […]

The Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) is reporting that Canada is delaying implementation of mandatory ADS-B because too many aircraft operators have said they can’t meet the phased-in equipage deadlines proposed by the air traffic services provider Nav Canada. Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) also needs time to get regulatory matters ironed out. Nav […]

Bose was showing the second generation of the in-ear aviation headset for jets at the 2019 NBAA convention in Las Vegas. AVweb contributor and Aviation Consumer magazine Editor-in-Chief Larry Anglisano shot this overview video at the Bose booth.

ForeFlight has tapped the resources available from Boeing, its new owner, and created a “super computer” for flight planning for business aviation called ForeFlight Dispatch. Founder and CEO Tyson Weihs explains how it works.

Saab Avionics says it has developed enhanced vision system sensors that penetrate water and water vapor and can provide pilots with visual reference for up to two nautical miles. At the first news conference ever held by the Swedish company, which produces the Gripen fighter and is partnering with Boeing on the new T-7X advanced […]

ADS-B solutions company uAvionix announced that it has resolved a patent lawsuit brought by Garmin that has been ongoing since June 2018. According to the company, the agreement will allow uAvionix to “continue offering and supporting” its skyBeacon, tailBeacon and echoUAT products. The exact terms of the resolution have been kept confidential. The original lawsuit […]

uAvionix has purchased startup electronic-instrument manufacturer AeroVonics. Best known in general aviation circles for its tailBeacon and skyBeacon all-in-one ADS-B Out solutions, uAvionix says the acquisition is “a milestone event in the growth of our company.” Manufacturing will move “immediately” to the uAvionix facility in Columbia Falls, Montana. “I just can’t tell you how ecstatic […]

Former CEO and founder of Sandel Avionics Gerry Block announced last week that he has resigned from the company. Block started California-based Sandel, which specializes in “integrated display systems for general aviation, business aviation, air transport and regional aircraft,” in 1998. He is credited with being “the creative force behind the company’s complete product line” […]