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 [...]
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 [...]
Bigfork, MT 26 March 2024 - uAvionix, a leader in avionics solutions for uncrewed and crewed aircraft, announce today that it has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to advance the commercial use of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The contract aims to develop [...]
Madrid, Spain and Bigfork, MT 14 March 2024 – DataBeacon and uAvionix, announced today, the planned availability of uAvionix’s validated FlightLine ADS-B data from cooperative aircraft as a sensor feed for DataBeacon’s Romeo5 airport and Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Flight Information Display solution. The data provides enhanced situational awareness to air traffic service providers [...]
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 [...]
Free software upgrade responds to today’s pilot demands offering more capability and choice Bigfork, MT 19 December 2023 – uAvionix, the industry leader in avionics solutions for safe and efficient flying, today announced the release of AV-30-E software version 2.4.1 which provides pilots more robust safety, efficiency, and in-flight interoperability. AV-30-E software version 2.4.1 is [...]
The Right of Way Discussion Hey FAA, AOPA, NAAA, HAI, and Drone Industry at Large… We have to talk about this. Last year when the BVLOS ARC came out with its recommendations, one of them created what I can only call a sh*t-storm of controversy. It all has to do with expanded use of ADS-B [...]
State-of-the-art training, research, and testing facility will address the transportation safety and operational needs of Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic Region PITTSBURGH (September 15, 2023) – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that the firm has been selected as the program manager for the Pennsylvania Safety Transportation and Research [...]
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 29 August 2023 – uAvionix, operating at the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) Emerging Aviation Technology Center, completed the first true Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flight in non-segregated airspace using aviation protected C-Band in the United States. Serving as the Command and Control Communications Service Provider (C2CSP), uAvionix completed [...]
Seattle, WA 18 August 2023 - Civil Air Patrol and uAvionix Corporation, have successfully partnered to deploy a DO-260B compliant dual band ADS-B receiver network to compliment FAA sensor data with low altitude aircraft positions in support of the National Radar Analysis Team (NRAT) mission to shorten the crash to rescue time in Search & [...]
Currently, Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is all the rage. As an industry – we tend to bounce around every few months to a new “thing” which occupies all the press, chatter, and investment. In the past, it’s been Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS), package delivery, Detect and Avoid (DAA), Unmanned [...]
Bigfork, MT February 21, 2020 uAvionix and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced the appointment of Christian Ramsey, President of uAvionix, to the FAA’s Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). Christian will fill an existing vacancy on the DAC representing UAS Hardware Component Manufacturers. The FAA’s DAC is a broad-based, long-term Federal advisory committee that [...]
Bigfork, MT February 18, 2020 uAvionix today introduced a new ADS-B transponder to its General Aviation (GA) and Urban Air Mobility (UAM) lineup. tailBeaconX, the new Mode S Extended Squitter (ES) ADS-B OUT transponder is intended to address global air traffic surveillance system requirements for current and future ADS-B mandates. Integration with the uAvionix [...]
Bigfork, MT December 11, 2019 uAvionix Corporation today announced that its SkyEcho Electronic Conspicuity (EC) devices will shortly be cleared by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to transmit ADS-B data on 1090MHz, when carried in an aircraft also operating a 1090MHz transponder, including Modes A, C, and S. The clearance will be [...]
Bigfork, MT December 9, 2019 uAvionix, designer and manufacturer of communications, navigation, and surveillance (CNS) equipment for unmanned and manned aircraft, today announced Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of the Vehicle Tracking Unit (VTU-20) Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter for airport surface management. Adhering to the performance and design assurance specifications [...]
What’s going on? When we achieved STC certification of tailBeacon, we made a cautious decision to announce that installation on rotorcraft was not permitted. Understandably, we received a lot of feedback and disappointment from the helicopter community. This disappointment was justified in that we had previously communicated that tailBeacon would be [...]
Oct 17, 2019 OLATHE, Kan., Bigfork, MT Garmin International, Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), and uAvionix Corporation today announced resolution of the ongoing patent lawsuit against uAvionix regarding Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology used within uAvionix’s skyBeacon, tailBeacon, and echoUAT products. Under the terms of the confidential agreement, uAvionix will be [...]
By now, you’ve hopefully heard the news that uAvionix completed the acquisition of AeroVonics’ fantastic cockpit display technology this week. We’ve hardly been able to contain our excitement in sharing this news with you. It is a milestone event in the growth of our company, and I wanted to take [...]
Bigfork, MT October 8, 2019 uAvionix Corporation today announced it has acquired AeroVonics LLC, an award-winning startup avionics company based in Albuquerque, NM. uAvionix Corporation will incorporate the AV-20-S Multi-Function Display (MFD) and the AV-30 Primary Flight Display (PFD) products into their existing, low-cost and easily-installed product line. The acquisition marks uAvionix’s first foray [...]
Bigfork, MT October 7, 2019 uAvionix Corporation, designer and manufacturer of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) equipment for manned and unmanned equipment today announced it has received approval from the FAA Spectrum Office to develop and test an “ADS-B like” solution for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Remote Identification (RID) and Detect and Avoid [...]