Aspen Avionics

Aspen Avionics is expanding its line of ADS-B products to include more options to meet the FAA’s upcoming 2020 mandate and allow customers to take advantage of additional optional features. Aspen will soon begin offering a number of single- and dual-band ADS-B transceivers allowing basic compliance with the NextGen rule plus additional capability such as […]

Aircraft owners who are worrying about whether or not they will be able to comply with the NextGen regulations set to be put in place on January 1, 2020, may be able to rest a little bit easier. The NextGen GA Fund and Aspen Avionics have signed a memorandum of understanding to provide pilots access […]

The word “cheap” sometimes carries negative connotations. It can be taken to suggest inferior quality or a poor value. But pilots who are hit with shelling out upward of $5 or even $6 a gallon for avgas, plus hundreds of dollars a month in hangar or tie-down fees and thousands more on annual inspections, insurance […]

Pilatus was the first manufacturer to start giving airplane buyers a free Apple iPad loaded with owner’s manuals and apps. Now the Swiss company is adding in-cockpit Wi-Fi capability by offering an option to incorporate Aspen Avionics’ Connected Panel technology with the PC-12 NG’s Honeywell Primus Apex avionics system. The upgrade will enable pilots to […]

At AEA Aspen Avionics unveiled a lineup of ADS-B solutions designed to work with the company’s popular compact and low-profile Evolution Flight Displays. The first unit, which Aspen calls “Connected Weather,” is a Wi-Fi receiver and interface to Evolution displays that gives pilots ADS-B weather products directly on their Evolution displays. The receiver connects through […]

Cessna 182 operators with Aspen’s Evolution 1000 Pro primary flight display (PFD) can now install Avidyne’s DFC90 digital autopilot. Avidyne now has a supplemental type certificate for the interface, the first for a non-Entegra-equipped aircraft (with more in the pipeline). The STC covers all 16 Skylane models that are on Aspen’s approved list for the […]

Aspen Avionics said it has received Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) approval for Connected Pilot, the first in the series of the company’s Connected Panel products that provides a wireless link between certified panel avionics and a pilot’s iPad or iPhone. The approval covers Aspen’s Approved Model List, bringing Connected Pilot availability to operators and owners […]

Aspen Avionics has received TSO approval for Connected Pilot, the first in a series of wireless-enabled flight management applications that are designed to link certified panel avionics with a pilot’s iPad or iPhone. The most interesting of Connected Panel technologies — and the reason why pilots want it — is the ability to create a […]

Aspen Avionics has recently come out with some new products and product features that continue to add to the allure of its ingenious Evolution Flight Display (EFD), a compact, easy-to-install retrofit (mostly) PFD that the company launched several years ago. The product has proved popular with owners of all kinds of aircraft, from light singles […]