The ** Aircraft Electronics Assocation**‘s 55th annual convention opened its doors yesterday to avionics dealers and manufacturers who said they are finally seeing concrete signs of a turnaround after a rough few years punctuated by the global economic crisis. There were fewer new product introductions at this year’s show compared with past years, but the buzz about the market’s future direction was more positive than it has been since the economic downturn started.
Among the handful of new products making debuts at AEA was a new comm radio from Trig Avionics, a UK company that also produces transponders. Its new baseline radio for the piston market has a compact face with remote-mounted hardware, a built-in two-place intercom, a 6-watt transmitter output and can operate on 14 or 28 volts. List price is $2,000.
