avionics

Many thousands of general aviation pilots are benefitting from the free in-cockpit weather information broadcast over the FIS-B link accessible by 978-MHz universal access transceivers – what most of us call ADS-B In. Now, a host of new weather products are coming to the service to provide pilots with even more information they can use […]

Levil Aviation’s Broadcasting Outer Module (BOM) officially went on sale this week at Sun ‘n Fun in Lakeland, Florida, bringing a unique sensor suite to a wide range of certified and non-certified light aircraft. The FAA last year approved the BOM avionics pod for installation on certified aircraft as a secondary source of flight data […]

Marking the company’s first foray into the market for experimental avionics, BendixKing this week introduced the xVue Touch primary flight display for kit-built aircraft. Billed as a low-cost alternative to traditional six-pack instruments, the new display features a vibrant near-4K-resolution display and is packed with technology borrowed from the certified market. BendixKing says the new […]

The Prodigy Flight Deck in the cockpits of Embraer’s Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 are getting an upgrade with Garmin’s latest G1000 NXi system. This is not a simple software upgrade; NXi provides a significant upgrade to an already stellar package, adding visual approach capabilities (which can be coupled with the autopilot); SurfaceWatch (a runway […]

Textron Aviation is now offering a portable, carry-on head-up display from a Maryland company called Epic Optix for single-engine piston Cessna and Beechcraft models. Priced at $2,000, the product is being billed as the first ever full-color HUD for light general aviation airplanes. Textron Aviation is showcasing the Epic Eagle HUD in its Cessna 182 […]

Jeppesen has updated its Jeppesen Distribution Manager (JDM) and added wireless updating capabilities through Bad Elf’s Wombat portable device. The new system allows operators to complete the entire process of updating panel-mounted avionics right at the airport with a smartphone or other portable Internet-accessible device. The process works for a variety of legacy avionics. Previously, […]

Startup avionics firm uAvionix introduced two new products to its expanding portfolio of low-cost and easy-to-install ADS-B solutions for general aviation airplanes. The first is a tail light replacement ADS-B Out unit similar in concept to the SkyBeacon red LED navlight replacement the company unveiled last year. The second is a green navlight replacement ADS-B […]

When Garmin and Dynon Avionics in 2016 received FAA approval to sell non-TSO’d electronic flight instruments to owners of Part 23 certified airplanes, Aspen Avionics – already a company known for producing low-cost avionics – grappled with how to respond. Now we have the answer in the form of Aspen’s new Evolution E5 flight instrument, […]

Elbit Systems, the Israeli defense electronics company, has stuck a deal to acquire Universal Avionics Systems Corp., a maker of flight management systems, retrofit avionics suites and other equipment for business aviation, airline and military markets. Elbit says it received all necessary government approvals for the acquisitin, clearing the way for the transaction to close […]

Owners of older Cessna 172s will be excited to learn that Dynon Avionics just received its first supplemental type certificate for the flagship SkyView HDX avionics system aimed at the classic four-place aircraft. Cessna owners will now be able to replace the vast majority of their legacy instruments with a SkyView HDX system offering complete […]