avionics

The Innovative Solutions & Support ThrustSense autothrottle for the Beechcraft King Air 200 and 300 series turboprop twins is now approved in more than 40 countries worldwide. The winner of the 2021 Flying Editors’ Choice Award gained supplemental type certificate (STC) approval under EASA and Transport Canada recently, as the company announced this week. “We’re […]

Collins Aerospace has announced plans to buy FlightAware, which provides the world’s largest flight tracking and data platform. FlightAware will join Collins’ Information Management Services portfolio within the company’s Avionics strategic business unit, according to a news release. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. “Global connectivity now shapes and impacts every segment of aviation,” said Dave […]

Carver Aero has expanded into the Chicago region with the acquisition of LumanAir, an FBO based at the Aurora Municipal Airport (KARR) in Illinois. The company adds to its network in Muscatine, Davenport, and Council Bluffs, Iowa, as well as Janesville, Wisconsin, supplying corporate and general aviation services including: Charter flights Pilot services Airplane maintenance […]

Garmin Aviation has gained EASA approval for updates to the G1000 NXi for the Cessna Citation Mustang, making those upgrades available for both new and existing flight deck installations. The approval follows the initial FAA signoff on the updates in June. Those updates include compatibility with: GWX 75 weather radar GSR 56 datalink weather and […]

Nextant Aerospace announced on Tuesday that it has received FAA approval for a supplemental type certificate (STC) for an upgraded software package for Challenger 604s with Pro Line Fusion avionics. The upgrade can be installed by current operators of Pro Line Fusion-equipped Challengers for no additional charge. Nextant worked with Bombardier and Collins Aerospace on […]

According to its second quarter 2021 Avionics Market Report, the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) says sales during the first half of 2021 exceeded $1 billion. While the exact figure of $1,069,737,831 represents a 7.1 percent decrease in total sales compared to the first six months of 2020, during the second quarter months of April, May, […]

BendixKing announced that it is working on a supplemental type certificate for its AeroCruze 100 autopilot system for Mooney’s M20 series. The system was developed by TruTrak, which was acquired by Honeywell, BendixKing’s parent company, two years ago. BendixKing already has STCs for this autopilot system for Cessna 172, 175, 177, 180, 182 and 185 […]

Melbourne, Florida-based Avidyne, the designer and builder of avionics for the aviation industry said yesterday that they’ve chosen Planephd.com from Dallas, Texas, to provide them with intelligence-based data solutions to track general aviation market trends using Planephd’s OEM insight tools. With a rich database that includes eight years of historical data and a constant influx […]

Just ahead of EAA AirVenture 2021, Garmin released two products for the general aviation marketplace—one, Smart Glide, is a safety enhancement to engage during an engine power loss, while the other is an improved GI-275 engine indicator system. When the pilot of a single-engine aircraft experiences a sudden power loss—whether instructor induced or for real—they […]

The latest hardware release from Avidyne brings the company back to an innovative platform through which it changed the game two decades ago: the Cirrus SR20 and SR22 equipped with the first large-format primary and multifunction flight displays for light aircraft. The first Avidyne Entegra PFDs introduced pilots to the wide horizon line, granting them […]