Why Every GA Pilot Should Fly with an AOA Indicator 

One key factor every pilot needs to understand is Angle of Attack (AOA)—the angle between your wing’s chord line and the airflow hitting the wing. Recent FAA recommendations are strongly encouraging the GA community to adopt AOA indicators, highlighting their role in preventing loss-of-control (LOC) incidents.

2025-03-27T14:00:42-05:0003/27/25|Blog|

Protected Command and Control Communications for UAS – FCC Part 88

Christian Ramsey, uAvionix Chief Commercial Officer “Radio frequency spectrum is among our Nation’s most important national resources.” With those opening words published on Nov 13, 2023 in the Modernizing United States Spectrum Policy and Establishing a National Spectrum Strategy, the President of the United States set in motion the most recent, and most influential act to-date [...]

2024-09-03T11:10:16-05:0009/03/24|Blog, Press Release|

uAvionix Achieves FAA TSO Certification for ping200XR Combined Transponder and GPS Receiver, Expanding Airspace Access for UAS

Bigfork, MT 12 August 2024 - uAvionix, a leader in avionics technology for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), today announced that the ping200XR Mode S ADS-B transponder with integral aviation GPS, has received Technical Standard Order (TSO) certification from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This milestone is the latest major TSO certification for uAvionix and offers [...]

2024-08-12T11:12:52-05:0008/12/24|Press Release|

uAvionix Awarded FAA Contract to Advance BVLOS Operations

Bigfork, MT 19 December 2023 - uAvionix, a leading provider of avionics solutions and infrastructure services for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, has been awarded a contract by Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE) to develop the Skyway UAS range near Tulsa, Oklahoma. Through its system integration efforts, uAvionix will deploy centrally managed, networked [...]

2024-08-09T17:20:34-05:0008/06/24|Press Release|

Unmanned Vehicle Technologies and uAvionix Announce FAA BVLOS Waiver for Michigan Test Site

Casia G advanced DAA system drives accelerating trend of approved, safe, effective BVLOS operations  Fayetteville, AR, and Bigfork, MT, July 10, 2024 — Unmanned Vehicle Technologies, LLC (UVT) and uAvionix are pleased to jointly announce that UVT has received a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver to operate small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) Beyond Visual Line [...]

2024-07-17T11:50:12-05:0007/10/24|Press Release|

Mode S and the Ghosts of Equipment Past

In consultation with uAvionix, the FAA has just released a SAFO (Safety Alert for Operators) regarding the pairing of Mode S transponders with skyBeacon and tailBeacon. Although the SAFO is short and to the point, and impacts less than 1% of installed skyBeacon and tailBeacons, it merits explanation as to why it exists. It is [...]

2024-07-09T12:11:15-05:0007/09/24|Blog|

Innovative AV-Link Receives FAA Approval, Ushers in a New Era for the Connected Cockpit in Certified Aircraft

Bigfork, MT 22 May 2024 – Following months of collaboration, uAvionix is thrilled to announce the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of the AV-Link for certified aircraft. This approval expands the available functionality of uAvionix’s ecosystem of AV-30 panel displays, skySensor, and portable ADS-B receivers and transforms how these devices work with each other to [...]

2024-05-21T16:56:40-05:0005/22/24|Press Release|

uAvionix to Provide Surface Situational Awareness to Air Traffic Control Towers at U.S. Airports 

Bigfork, MT April 17 2024 - Today, uAvionix announces its FlightLine ADS-B surveillance and situational awareness system has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a qualified product for Air Traffic Control (ATC) use for reducing the risk of runway incursions at U.S. airports. FlightLine is a cost-effective solution that can be used [...]

2024-04-17T09:13:23-05:0004/17/24|Press Release|

uAvionix Awarded FAA Contract to Scale C-Band Frequency Management for Regional UAS C2

Bigfork, MT, 16 April 2024 - uAvionix, a leading provider of avionics solutions for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, announced today that it has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to scale C-Band frequency management for Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Command and Control (C2) communications to a regional level with [...]

2024-04-16T11:17:44-05:0004/16/24|Press Release|