Aspen Avionics

Aspen Avionics announced that its Evolution E1000 has been selected as the flight deck avionics suite for the PAL-V flying car. The PAL-V has road certification in Europe already, and has finalized its full certification basis under EASA as of February this year. The next phase is the compliance demonstration—during which the PAL-V Liberty will […]

Early on, pilots are taught that safety of flight depends on, among other things, a consistent flow of air across the airfoil and a positive angle of attack to produce lift. AOA is the angular difference between the wing’s chord line and the relative wind. Increase back pressure on the controls and lift increases, up […]

As announced on August 4, general aviation avionics OEM Aspen Avionics has been acquired by The AIRO Group. The new owner has a fairly deep bench in aerospace, holding a portfolio of companies in a wide range of aerospace segments, including commercial and military, and piloted and remotely-piloted vehicles. Flying spoke with Aspen’s CEO John […]

It turns out that aircraft owners who upgrade their cockpits with the latest glass-panel avionics share some interesting similarities with shoppers for smartphones, flat-screen TVs, laptops or just about any other broadly adopted consumer electronics product.When the first smartphones hit the market several years ago they were cumbersome to use, lacked capabilities and cost a […]

Aspen Avionics has received the FAA supplemental type certificate for its updated line of Evolution MAX primary and multi-function displays, which look similar to previous Aspen EFIS units but have been redesigned with new electronics and glass. Aspen says the Evolution MAX series displays offer a brighter display, improved reliability and features pilots have been […]

Aspen Avionics is pursuing a strategy that is unusual in the avionics market: The company is offering owners of its older flight displays the opportunity to upgrade all the internal hardware to bring the displays up to the very latest in capability and reliability. Aspen’s Evolution Max display upgrade program launched in February allows current […]

Aspen Avionics has received FAA approval for a software update to address an airworthiness directive the agency issued in February. The AD affects Aspen’s Evolution Flight Displays with software version 2.9 and is intended to prevent a possible inflight reset of FIS-B-equipped EFD1000-500 systems when they are connected to an ADS-B transponder and receive improperly […]

Aspen Avionics has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Evolution E5 dual electronic flight instrument, a lower-cost, non-TSO display intended to compete in the market with Garmin’s popular G5 flight display product. The STC allows the Evolution E5 to be sold directly to consumers by Aspen Avionics authorized dealers and aviation retailers. Introduced […]

Aspen Avionics announced significant upgrades to its Evolution systems, providing the latest processor technology, added features and clearer, more colorful displays. The Evolution MAX systems are expected to be available before the end of the year and previous Aspen customers can upgrade their systems for a very affordable price. “Our unique approach to designing and […]

The new Evolution E5 flight instrument from Aspen Avionics is an ingenious answer to lower-cost displays from Garmin and Dynon aimed at the thousands of light general aviation airplanes that could benefit from a switch from traditional vacuum-driven six-pack flight instruments to modern glass. The E5 display replaces electro-mechanical instruments by consolidating traditional attitude indicator, […]