Avionics

At this year’s Aircraft Electronics Association show in New Orleans, a number of new products were announced, albeit no major ones for the end user. Here’s a summary of what we saw at the show. Cabin entertainment and data systems are a significant part of the avionics industry and AEA never fails to deliver new […]

Avidyne has been slugging away on a new upgrade for the IFD series navigators and at the Aircraft Electronics Association convention in the New Orleans this week, the company rolled out software changes that add synthetic vision and wireless capability for iPad support for these navigators. In this AVweb video, Avidyne’s Tom Harper walks us […]

Not that long ago, a transponder was just a transponder, but now ADS-B-capable transponders like the L-3 Lynx series are doing traffic, weather and other functions. In this video shot at the Aircraft Electronics Show in New Orleans, AVweb reports on the latest revisions from L-3 that definitely make this the most sophisticated transponder out […]

At the Aircraft Electronics Association show in New Orleans, Appareo introduced a new USB charger for in-cockpit use. AVweb shot a short video on the new gadget. view on YouTube

The aviation trade show season officially kicked off in New Orleans on Monday as the Aircraft Electronic Association opened its 60th annual convention and trade show. The show is typically attended by about 2000 manufacturers, repair station representatives and avionics shops hoping to see the latest innovations in avionics and catching up on training and […]

FAA Administrator Michael Huerta defended the agency’s rollout of the NextGen air traffic control modernization program to a blue-chip business audience last week, saying it’s ahead of schedule and its completion will be worth the wait. Huerta gave pointed remarks to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Summit in response to President Donald Trump’s comments after […]

Several hundred pieces of software written by NASA engineers for air and spacecraft design, business optimization, systems interaction and biomedical applications have been released by the agency for free public use. The software is being made available through the NASA Technology Transfer Program (motto, “Bringing NASA Technology Down to Earth”). The available codes are listed […]

Bose has had good sales success with its A20 noise canceling headset with Bluetooth. In this short video, AVweb conducts a quick tour of the headset’s operational features. You can demo them directly at AirVenture 2016 in booth 283. view on YouTube

Sales of aircraft avionics and related equipment were down for a second year in a row, says the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) in their annual market report. Sales totaled $2.26 billion in 2016, down 6.4% from $2.42 billion the prior year. The market for forward-fit avionics—sales of equipment destined for newly manufactured aircraft—slid 9.4%, fairing […]

We’ll cut to the chase. The typical basic ground-up IFR avionics upgrade is going to approach, if not exceed, $20,000 (in 2015 dollars). This won’t buy an autopilot or primary flight display, so you’re stuck with steam gauges unless you can spend around $35,000.Sadly, we’ve witnessed enough buyer remorse over the years when owners upgrade […]