Thank you to everyone that joined us during the 2018 NBAA – Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (BACE) in Orlando, Florida. We believe that NBAA President and CEO, Ed Bolen, said it best:

You have most likely heard the term ‘FANS’ or ‘Future Air Navigation System’ if you operate in oceanic routes, where it’s required. However, have you heard of Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC)? It’s much larger than FANS and it’s in place and enabled today...

A recent piece in AVIONICS magazine told the story of an experiment with a group of young Avianca (Colombia) pilots. The young, non-native English-speaking, non-military pilots demonstrated in a 787 simulator temporarily modified with synthetic-vision displays. One goal was for them to learn to use synthetic vision to land the airplane under some stressful situations.

New mandates have moved Data Communications (Data Comm)/Communications Management Units (CMU) from a “nice to have” to a “really gotta have” category.

Universal Avionics’ (UA) Certification Department is the focal point between the FAA and our company for the certification of our products. Our team coordinates each phase of the products’ life cycle with multiple cross-functional internal teams, while closely managing our relationships with three main branches of the FAA: The Los Angeles Aircraft Certification Office (LAACO), the Manufacturing Inspection District Office (MIDO), and Flight Standards District Office (FSDO).