ADS-B

To help aviation start-up ventures gain financial footing post-pandemic as they develop new commercial applications that rely on ADS-B data, a partnership has been announced by AirNav Systems and BrightCap Ventures to offer funding to selected start-ups. The goal is to address the various challenges in the field of flight safety, ground and flight operations […]

With the ADS-B mandate coming into effect at the beginning of this year, it may not come as a surprise that avionics manufacturers had a good year in 2019. A lot of aircraft owners installing new, compliant transponders also chose to take advantage of recent innovations in avionics equipment, replacing round gauges with glass while […]

On February 18, uAvionix introduced a new ADS-B transponder–the tailBeaconX–to its general aviation and urban air mobility product lineup. The tailBeaconX is a LED rear position-light replacement incorporating a 1090MHz Mode S (ES) ADS-B Out transponder, satellite based augmentation system (SBAS), global positioning system (GPS) position source, and dipole antenna. Like the earlier the skyBeacon […]

As we turned over the calendar on 2020, the era of required ADS-B equipage in the United States began—with certain exceptions. To this end, the FAA released its advisory circular, AC 90-114B, “Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast Operations,” on December 30, to provide guidance for those pilots flying under Part 91. Specifically, the AC expands upon the […]

In January of 2019, NAV CANADA announced it will be implementing an ADS-B performance requirements mandate in three phases that will affect U.S. aircraft headed north. Only the third and final implementation phase, due for activation by 2023 will actually impact U.S. GA aircraft. Because NAV CANADA uses Aireon’s space-based ADS-B signals to provide much […]

With the ADS-B mandate being implemented in less than two months, aircraft owners and operators will have to have an ADS-B transponder installed in order to fly in most controlled airspace. A recently announced program will help aircraft operators keep their trips away from the public eye. At the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) Business […]

With the FAA January 2020 deadline for U.S. aircraft to be equipped with ADS-B Out looming, the agency said last week it has completed the last of the necessary work on the new state-of-the-art surveillance system that will enable air traffic controllers to track aircraft with greater accuracy and reliability. The last two of the […]

Avidyne has announced the debut of its Atlas Flight Management System for Part 25 certificated aircraft, bringing its integrated flight deck (IFD) technology into jets utilizing a console layout in the cockpit. The system makes its debut at NBAA on October 21-24, 2019, with certification expected in 2020. The multifunction FMS combines a range of […]

uAvionix, already famous for its low-cost, easy-to-install ADS-B Out solutions for GA aircraft like the skyBeacon and tailBeacon said Monday they’ve acquired AeroVonics, an Albuquerque, New Mexico, startup created by Jeff Bethels, co-founder of Aspen Avionics. Bethel’s AeroVonics builds both the AV-20 multi-function display and the AV-30 multi-function attitude indicator. The uAvionix AV-20 and AV-30 […]

Between an inherent tendency to procrastinate, an expectation of lowering prices and a faint hope that the 2020 deadline would—like an affordable substitute for leaded avgas—quietly recede into the indefinite future, I did nothing about ADS-B Out until late this past year. By then, it appeared that the deadline was inexorable and the hoped-for $49.95 […]