Honeywell Debuts New KX 200 Nav/Com Radio

The long-awaited unit is reported to be a ‘drop-in’ replacement for the KX 155.

Tuesday, August 01, 2023 at 05:02 PM ET

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The long-awaited replacement for the KX 155, the KX 200 from Honeywell, features a bright, high-resolution color liquid crystal display. [Credit: Honeywell]

Key Takeaways:

Honeywell debuted the KX 200, a new digital nav/com radio designed as a replacement for the widely used BendixKing KX 155, featuring an SD card database for frequencies and a high-resolution color LCD.
The KX 200 is compatible with existing analog indicators and 14- or 28-volt systems, aiming to reduce installation labor and aircraft downtime, though it is priced around $4,489.
Despite being advertised as a digital replacement, the radio's outputs are analog, making it compatible with legacy CDIs/HSIs but incompatible with modern instruments requiring a digital signal, such as the Garmin G5.

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At EAA AirVenture last week, Honeywell at long last debuted a replacement for the ubiquitous BendixKing KX 155 nav/com radio, the KX 200.

TKM Avionics—which has recently gone out of business—promised a drop-in replacement for the KX 155, and it looked almost exactly like this. It’s almost as if it bought the design and finished it—though that is pure speculation on the part of those who had seen both units.