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Electronic Flight Instrument System

(EFIS)

Mentors
Jim Brady, Lowell Foster, Brian Hancock

Student
My-Ngoc Tran
Table of Contents

Introduction to EFIS…………………………………………………………………………….…1

Advanced Flight Systems (AFS)…..................................................................................................6

Aspen Avionics.................................................................................................................................8

Avidyne...........................................................................................................................................11

Barco...............................................................................................................................................18

Becker Avionics..............................................................................................................................23

Blue Mountain Avionics.................................................................................................................26

Chelton Flight Systems...................................................................................................................31

Crossbow Technology....................................................................................................................34

Dynon Avionics..............................................................................................................................35

Garmin............................................................................................................................................40

Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc. (GRT)........................................................................................44

Honeywell / Bendix King...............................................................................................................49

Kanardia Ltd...................................................................................................................................53

L-3 Communications Avionics Systems.........................................................................................55

Meggit.............................................................................................................................................57

MGL Avionics................................................................................................................................59

OP Technologies.............................................................................................................................65

Rockwell Collins.............................................................................................................................69

Sagem Avionics Inc........................................................................................................................71

Sandel..............................................................................................................................................75

Trutrak Flight Systems, Inc.............................................................................................................78

Universal Avionics System.............................................................................................................80


Introduction to Electronic Flight Instrument System

(EFIS)

In today’s world technology advances at such a rapid pace that it can be

overwhelming to learn every detail about a specific line of products. This compilation of

avionics and EFIS systems can be a useful tool for those interested in newer systems.

As the flow of traffic around airports increased in the early 1970, all aspects of

flight began to become a lot more complex. To accomplish flight safely, airline pilots

needed a much more accurate picture of their position at all times. They also needed

precise control of the airplane and accurately monitor automatic systems so they could

take over if necessary. This detailed knowledge about the aircrafts situation would have

been nearly impossible to gather from the instrumentation at the time. The average

transport had more than one-hundred instruments and controls. Integrating electronics

was the answer to stop cockpit clutter and allow the pilots to get as much information as

easily as they can. Around the same time, electronic display technology was finally

considered reliable enough to incorporate it into commercial transport aircraft. These new

systems for bigger aircraft were very desirable because they brought an opportunity for

less weight and cost.

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An example of an Early 737 cockpit

Electronic displays have replaced many of the traditional electromechanical and

analog instruments that provide flight and power plant information. These displays also

augment and/or combine the functionality of conventional systems, such as radios and

navigational equipment.

An Example of Part 25 Integrated Cockpits

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Electronic displays may be installed in several configurations. A basic electronic

display may provide only one flight or powerplant parameter, while more sophisticated

systems integrate many parameters on one electronic display. For example, an integrated

primary flight display provides several parameters such as attitude, heading (direction),

airspeed, and altitude all in one display instead of using four separate instruments. Recent

installations show a trend toward a higher degree of integration.

Generally, an integrated cockpit/flightdeck combines a number of flight guidance,

airplane systems, and situational awareness controls and display functions into a

minimum number of interdependent electronic displays. All essential navigation and

communication functions, integration may also include displays and control of airborne

surveillance, aircraft systems and engine systems. An EFIS system is very flexible and

adapts well to changes with any flight systems. If an EFIS is out of date it can simply be

updated with newer software.

More than 30 companies are involved in the making of EFIS. This reference guide

is an introduction to some of those companies and the systems they currently offer.

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EFIS system inside a Par 23 Aircraft, Eclipse 500

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SR-22 Integrated cockpit

Definitions of common instruments and terms:

EFIS: Electronic Flight Instrument System, a flight deck instrument display system in
which the display technology used is electronic rather than electromechanical. Normally
consist of PFD and MFD.

Glass cockpits: flat-panel, liquid crystal displays (LCD)

Steam Gauges: descriptive term of the electromechanical instrumentation

EHSI: Electronic horizontal situation indicator

PFD: Primary flight display, single physical unit that always provides the primary display of
all the following: altitude, airspeed, aircraft heading (direction) and attitude located directly
in front of the pilot in a fixed layout in accordance with § 23.1321. It may provide other
information pertinent to guidance and fundamental control of flight of the airplane, such as
critical engine parameters.

ADC: Air Data Computers, avionics components found in modern glass cockpits.

AHRS: Attitude Heading Reference System, 3-axis sensors that provide heading, attitude,
and yaw information for aircraft.

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MFD: Multi-function display, any physical display unit, other than the PFD, used to present
various information, on which the layout may be reconfigured.

IFD: Integrated flight display, gives flight information, navigational and situational

informations combined into one single display

Company: Advanced Flight Systems (AFS)


Type of Company: Private

Locations: Canby, Oregon

Founded: 1999

Markets: Experimental aircraft

Products:

• EFIS: AF-2500/3400/3500, Advanced Deck, Angel of Attack (AOA)


o Experimental aircraft production
o Can be configured as an EFIS, an engine monitor, or both
o Altitude Heading Reference System (AHRS), moving map, WAAS
compatible

• AF-3400/3500 installed in Glassair III, RV-10, RV-4 and RV-3B

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ADVANCED deck 8.4” 1000 nit LED backlit LCD AF-3500 8.4” LCD AF-3400 6.5” LCD

AF-3400/3500 in the RV-3B.

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Glassiar III

Company: Aspen Avionics


Type of Company: Private

Location: Corporate headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Founded: 2004

Markets: General aviation (GA) aircraft

Product: retrofit for GA aircraft

• Evolution fight Display


o Small EFIS, configurable PFD, MFD, WAAS GPS, TSO, STC, ADAHRS
o Small units, retrofit into any standard six-pack

• AT300 Hazard Awareness Display


o MFD, VSI, GPS/NAV

• Aircraft installed
o Archer

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. Aspen’s Evolution Flight Display family are (from left) the
EFD500 MFD, EFD1000 Pro, and EFD1000 MFD.

AT300 Hazard Awareness Display EFD in an Archer

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Cessna 421C applications

EFD1000 in Cirrus SR22

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Before EFD installation
Company: Avidyne
Type of Company: Private Corporation

Locations: Headquartered in Lincoln, MA


Manufacturing facilities in Columbus, OH, Melbourne, FL, and
Boulder, CO

Founded: 1994

Company size: 500 Employees; $1,750,000/year

Markets: GA Aviation

Products: GA production, retrofit certified Part 23 aircraft

EFIS

• Entegra Integrated Flight Deck


o OEM aircraft, TSO compliance
o PFD & MFD
o ADAHRS, TAS, TAWS, EHSI, trend indicator

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o Autopilot interface, CCS, charts and engine analysis, datalink, XM WX
satellite
o Lighting sensor, full time wind vector

• Aircraft Installed
o Piper Single Engine Aircraft Series
o SR 22, SR20 and SRV aircraft
o Cessna/Columbia 350/400

Entegra

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Piper Meridian with Entegra Integrated Flight deck

• Entegra FMS900W
o GA aircraft, meets RNP
o VHF NAV/COM Capability
o Airway Flight Planning

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o Direct-TO and Intercept Leg
o SID and STAR procedure entry
o WAAS capabilities
o Automatic COM and NAV tuning and identification

FMS900W

FMS900W

• Envision Flight Deck


o Retrofit for business and GA aircraft
o TSO compliance
o capability for single-pilot IFR flight in single-engine piston through light jet
aircraft

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o EHSI, trend indicators, autopilot function, charts,
o ADAHRS

• STC Aircraft installed


o Cirrus 22, Cirrus 20
o Cessna 400 series, Cessna 320, 335, 340
o King Air 90

CESSNA 414 after Envision upgrade

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Before upgrade

CIRRUS SR-22 after Envision PFD UPGRADE

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Before Envision

MFD

• EX500/EX5000
o Navigational data, broadcasts datalink weather, lighting, color radar,
traffic, terrain, and approach charts

EX5000C installed in Cirrus SR20 & SR22 aircraft

• MHAS6000 Multi-Hazard Avoidance System

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Company: Barco
Type of Company: Public (Global) Company

Locations: Headquarters in Kortrijk, Belgium


Other facilities are located worldwide

Founded: 1934

Company size: 3560 worldwide employees, 747 million dollars

Markets: Military, business jet and electronics standby

Products: medical imaging, media & entertainment, infrastructure & utilities,


traffic & transportation, defense & security, education & training
and corporate AV

• Barco’s EFIS
o For fighters and turbo prop aircraft, cargo aircraft, air transport aircraft and
helicopters

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o PFD Format with ARC
o automated, qualified (RTCA-DO-178B level A) software development
tools
o Digital Map, SVS, HSI
o Flight plan with TCAS, EGPWS and Weather radar
o Compliant with ARP 4102 and ARP4102-7
o Compliant with AC/AMJ 25-11
o Compliant with TSO C-113
o Navigation data (GS/TTG/ET/WS)
o Attitude, airspeed (tape), altitude (tape), DH, RA altitude
o Attitude source, FD orders, lateral and vertical deviation, VSI with TCAS
resolution advisory

EFIS

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Pilatus PC-21 with Barco’s EFIS applications
• Avionics Standby displays
o Video Display Units
 CHDD Family
• Heads down used as primary flight or mission displays
• New and retrofit applications
 CHDD 2000 Family
• Accepts both digital video inputs and analog video inputs
• Can be used as Primary Flight Displays


• CHDD-268 model shown
 FDU-2000 Family

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• Two Digital Video Inputs
• Also used as a Primary Flight Display


• FDU-2129
 MDU-2000 Family
• Comes with both digital and analog video inputs
• Missions Display Units
• Compatible with:
o FLIR
o Daylight video cameras
o Moving maps
o Computers and radars


• MDU-268

o Smart Display Units


 MFD Family of Products


• 6x8 inch MFD shown
• Multiple sizes of Multi Flight Displays for New and
Retrofit Aircraft
o Control Display Units

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 CDMS-3000


• CDMS-3739 – Civilian Version
• CDMS-3753 – Military Version
• CDMS-3702 – Custom Version
• Used in the C-27J “Joint Cargo Aircraft”


o Electronic Flight Bag Class III
 Multi-Functional Cockpit Information Terminal
 Can be used to access:
• System status information
• Weather data
• Maps
• Charts
• Manuals
• Checklists
 Runs Windows XP or Linux environment
 Connects to Aircraft Network Server though Ethernet interface


o Cockpit Maintenance Terminal
 Use normal PC functions
 Access maintenance applications

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 Runs XP or Linux
 Connects to aircraft network server system through Ethernet


 Picture of Barco’s Cockpit Maintenance Terminal

Company: Becker Avionics


Type of Company: Private

Location: Miramar, Florida


Other facilities located in Germany, China, Taiwan, Australia,
Russia, France and Brazil

Founded: 1956

Markets: Communication and navigation equipment used worldwide in both


military and civil aircrafts

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Products:

Avionics displays
• ACD-160 MFD
o Navigation software - Not certified for primary GPS
o GPS Navigation and moving map software
o Panel-mount, mounting kit included
o Valid replacement for enroute and sectional charts
o NOAA Approach Plate viewer
o Satellite weather services (optional WSI/Sirius & XM)
o Traffic information services (optional Xaon’s XRX traffic receiver, ADS-
B receiver, Mode-S transponder)
o Convenient display of SUAs, MOAs and airspace
o boundaries
o Radio Mgmt. with Becker NAV, COM, XPDR, ADF

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• ACD-160 MPC
o embedded computer designed with multi-function display (MFD)
o moving map and mission management
o Panel-mount
o color LCD, rotary knobs, soft buttons and USB port

Becker’s ACD-160 MPC

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Company: Blue Mountain Avionics
Type of Company: Private

Location: Copperhill, TN

Founded: 1989

Markets: Homebuilts and light sport aircrafts

Products: EFIS, FMCS and Autopilots

• EFIS/One & EFIS/Two


o AHRS, sunlight readability
o Built-in WAAS GPS
o 3D Terrain Avoidance
o Moving Map, XM weather
o Engine Monitor and automated Nav/Com control
o HIS
o Dual Screens

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EFIS/One 10.4" EFIS/Two 9.25" x 6.75"

• EFIS/Sport
o PFD, Sunlight readability
o ADI, HIS, moving map

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Stand-by Units

EFS/Lite Plus 5" EFIS/Lite 3.8"

Blue Mountain Avionics Customers Installation Panels

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Company: Chelton Flight Systems (Cobham plc)

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Type of Company: Private

Location: Headquarters
Boise, ID

Founded: 1997

Markets: Certified, Experimental Airplanes, Helicopters, NASCAR

Products: EFIS for experimental and helicopters

• FlightLogic Synthetic Vision EFIS


o 3D Synthetic Vision
 Synthetic Vision includes this integrated display unit
• Primary Flight Display
• Multi-Function Display
• Attitude/Heading Reference System
• Air Data Computer
• GPS Receiver
• GPS Antenna
• TAWS
• HITS
 Creates 3D images of aircraft and terrain
 Accuracy tolerance of 7 meters or less
 Predicted Flight Paths


 Can be used with helicopters
 STC’s for the following and many more aircraft:
• Piper Piston Twin
• Cessna 100,200,300,400 series aircraft
• King Air Series of Aircrafts

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• Pilatus PC-12
• Bell series of aircrafts
• MD helicopters
• Experimental aircrafts

King Air 300 Chelton FlightLogic EFIS in Pilatus PC-12

Citation CJ2, Lancair IVP RV-10

BELL 427( FAA approved) STCs IN BELL 204/205 HELICOPTERS

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EFIS in Eurocopter EC 120B Helicopter

The twin engine MD Explorer Helicopter with Chelton EFIS

CHELTON EFIS SELECTED BY NASCAR FLIGHT CREWS

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Company: Crossbow Technology
Type: of company: Private

Location: Corporate Headquartered in San Jose, Ca


International offices located in Beijing, China and Hyogo, Japan

Founded: 1995

Markets: GA aviation, certified and experimental aircrafts

Products: Crossbow Technology is the major suppliers of Attitude & Heading


Reference systems (AHRS). Their product line includes inertial
systems, accelerometers, tilt sensors, and magnetometers.

Attitude & Heading


Reference Systems Typical Application
(AHRS)
Airborne and Underwater
AHRS440
Vehicle Control and Navigation
Systems
Avionics Systems for Certified
AHRS500 General Aviation with RS-232
Interface
Avionics Systems for Certified
AHRS510 General Aviation with ARINC
429 Interface

AHRS440 AHRS500 AHRS510

Company: Dynon Avionics

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Type of Company: Private Company

Location: Woodinville, Washington

Founded: 2000

Markets: Experimental and LSA, not FAA certified

Products: EFIS, Engine Monitor System, Combined EFIS & EMS,


Expansion Modules

• EFIS-D100, EFIS-D10A
o Multiple wide-screen displays/ color LCD
o ADAHRS
o Gyro-Stabilized Magnetic Compass
o Turn/Coordinator/Ball, angle of attack
o Turn Rate, clock/timer, g-meter, voltmeter

o 4” diagonal, color LCD

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FlightDEK-D180, Combo EFIS and Engine Monitors

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Eurofox 24-4845 with Dynon Avionics EFIS-D100

Before After
Sky Arrow 600 - N423SA

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EFIS-D100 in a Tecnam panel

Dynon Avionics Customer Panels

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Company: Garmin
Type of Company: Public

Locations: Headquartered in Olathe, KS


Other manufacturing’s facilities are located in Southampton, UK;
Shijr, Taiwan; and Salem, OR

Founded: 1989

Company size: 7,000 employees; $3.18 billion USD

Markets: automotive, aviation, marine, fitness, outdoor, and wireless

Products: Certified OEM aircrafts, experimental aircrafts and retrofit


aircrafts, integrated systems, panel mount, remote units, and
portables

Integrated Systems—both certified and home builds


• G1000

o Certified OEM aircrafts, GA aircrafts


o PFD, MFD
o GPS, radio nav, weather, air traffic, SVS, back up system
o Terrain, water, obstacles, flight path, pathways
• Aircraft installed
o C-172
o EMB500
o Citation Mustang
o Diamond

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• G900

o Experimental aircrafts
o Similar to G1000
o Nav/ com, terrain, traffic, surveillance, weather, engine sensor
o WAAS certified GPS/Com
o AHRS, and audio panel
• Aircraft installed
o Lancair
o Van’s RV-series

• G600

o Low-cost retrofit glass

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o PFD and MFD
o Fits any standard instrument panel

• Panel Mount
o Garmin has several series of Panel Mount instruments. They offer
GPS/NAV/Comm, Multi-Function Displays, Radar, Comm/NAS,
Transponders, Auto Panels, and Indicators. They have different families of
products for each type of product.
• GNS 430W/530W

o WAAS certified
o TAWS
o Electronic charts

• GPS400W/ GPS500W (Same as GNS430W/530W, without Nav/Com)

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o WAAS navigation
o Built in terrain

• Remote Units
o Garmin remote units include datalinks, interface/transponders
• Portables
o Garmin offers a series of portable GPS products called GPSMAP.
GPSMAP 96, GPSMAP 96C, GPSMAP 196, GPSMAP 296, GPSMAP
396, GPSMAP 495, and GPSMAP 496.

• GPS496

o Displays detailed taxiway diagrams


o Position information for US airports
o XM WX Satellite weather
o Navigate by land air or sea

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Company: Grand Rapids Technologies, Inc. (GRT)
Type of Company: Private

Location: Wyoming, MI

Founded: 1991

Company size: 8 employees

Markets: Experimental and LSA

Products: Flight Instruments (EFIS), navigation, and engine monitors


• GRT Horizon Series I EFIS

GRT EFIS System comes in a Single Horizon-HS display, Single AHRS or Dual
Horizon-HS displays, Dual AHRS, Engine Monitor with probes (H/ENG-LYC-4)

o Internal GPS
o Internal RAIM GPS
o XM Weather
o ARINC 429
o Additional Displays options
o WS - Wide Format Display
o HS - High Resolution Display
o HX - Accelerated processor, Synthetic Vision

HS Display WS Display

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• Horizon HX for Experiment aircraft
o Redundant system
o Dual knobs and softkeys operation
o Flight management functions
o Synthetic Vision
o XM Weather, Traffic, HIS
o Lateral Autopilot coupling to GPS, LOC, VOR

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• Sport S200 HS EFIS with internal AHRS & Sport S100 HS (EFIS w/o AHRS)
o Internal GPS
o Engine Package (EIS
o XM weather
o ARINC 429
o Wide format screen (WS)

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Sport S200 HS Sport S100 HS

GRT Customer Installations Panels

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Company: Honeywell / Bendix King


Type: Public

Locations: Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona


other manufacturing facilities are located worldwide

Founded: 1906

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Company size: 122,000 Employees, $34 billion

Markets: General Aviation, Air transport + Regional, Business Aviation, and


Defense Electronics

Bendix King’s Products

Apex Edge
• KFD 840 Primary Flight Display
o installation in Part 23 piston engine aircraft
o Certified DO-178B, Level C, DO-160E, Fully TSO’d
o Can replace all analog instruments from the gauge “six
pack”
o Primary Flight Display
o Features airspeed and altidude bug settings, datacard, wide
horizon attidude, HIS, Glideslope, VSI, key labels,
heading, baro set, dedicated hybrid keys, airdata, MEMS,
ADHRS.

• KSN 770 Next Generation GPS/NAV/Comm


o Multifunction Display
o Combines IFR GPS, TAWS, weather radar display, and VHF comm. and
nav
o Also equipped with moving map

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• Displays
o Electronic Flight Instrument System
 CP 0470
• Developed for aircraft with 4-inch instruments
• Wide variety of external interfaces
o VOR/ILS, Tacan, DME, ADF, MLS, LRN, RNAV
weather radar, autopilot, attitude horizon reference
system, air data, and radar altimeter systems
• TSO C113 certified.
• Maximum Altitude of 55,000 feet.


 ED 0102A
• Same as CP0470 but with 5 inch display.
• It is a five tube system
 ED 0461
• Display formats
o HSI compass rose
o Nav map
o Nav map with weather
o Standard HSI with weather
• SG 465 symbol generator
• FAA approval for HIRF and lightning

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• TSO C113 certified

Honeywell’s Product

Primus Epic Integrated Avionics System


• On-screen point and click functionality with drop-down menus using onboard
cursor control devices which function similar to a personal computer mouse
• Graphical Flight Planning (GFP)
• Fully digital, integrated systems:
o autopilot and autothrottle
o flight management system
o Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS)
o communication management function
• Aircraft Installed
o Embraer 170/175/190/195 regional jets
o Gulfstream G350, 450, 500, 550 business jets
o Cessna Citation Sovereign business jet
o Dassault Falcon 900EX, 2000EX, and F7X business jets
o Agusta AB-139 helicopter
o Raytheon Hawker Horizon business jet

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Synthetic Vision System (SVS)
• Advanced Head Up Display (HUD) symbology
• EGPWS terrain database display perspective
• altitude terrain color coding
• Obstacle visualization
• Airport and runway environment including extended
• course centerline
• Unusual attitude declutter logic

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Company: Kanardia Ltd.
Type of Company: Private

Location: Slovenia Europe

Founded: 2006

Markets: LSA

Products: for ultralight aviation, autopilot for unmanned areal vehicle

• EFIS – Nesis Panels


o Flight instrument panel, navigational panel, and engine instrument panels
o AHRS, HIS, airspeed, altitude, variometer
o Moving map, charts and flight planning

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NESIS installation in Pipistrel Sinus

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Company: L-3 Communications Avionics Systems
Type of Company: Public

Location: Headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Founded: 1997

Company size: 64,000 employees, $14 billion

Markets: General aviation, business jet, military, commercial air transport


and regional aviation markets

Products: standby instruments, terrain awareness, traffic avoidance, lightning


detection, TACAN, solid state standby and primary reference
systems, as well as power conditioning.
• EFIS—SmartDeck
o Integrated for new GA aircraft, retrofit aircraft, business, turboprops and
light jets
o TSO & STC certified
o PFD, MFD and CCU, FDC
o 12.1” diagonal glass cockpit displays
o WAAS GPS navigators, dual comm, nav radios, transponders and digital
autopilot
o ADHARS, CAS, TAWS, GPWS,
o Traffic avoidance, terrain avoidance, communication, flight controls,
engine parameter and enhanced vision
o Built-in Redundancy units
o Safety systems and situational awareness technologies such as SkyWatch,
Landmarks, Stormscope lightning detection and IRIS Infrared Imaging
systems

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SmartDeck in a Cirrus SR-22

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Company: Meggit
Type of Company: Public

Location: Headquartered in the United Kingdom

Founded: 1947

Company size: 8,000 employees internationally

Markets: Aerospace equipment, Defense systems, and Sensing systems

Products: Meggitt Avionics for military and civil aircraft including:


helicopters, fast jets, transporters, airliners, business jets,
commuter aircraft and GA applications

• FLIGHT DISPLAYS
o 3" INDICATORS active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCDs)
• Engine displays
• Flight data
• Attitude indicators
• Navigation displays
• Threat warnings

3" AMLCD displays - engine monitoring display


night vision goggle (NVG) compatible
ARINC 429
Extensive built-in test (BIT)

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3" AMLCD displays - threat warning indicator

Secondary flight display repeater (SFDR)


Commercial or military aircraft
ARINC 429 data
ADAHRS

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Company: MGL Avionics
Type of Company: Private

Location: Torrance, CA

Founded: 2001

Markets: EFIS for Experimental and light sport aircraft

Products: Colored EFIS, Monochrome EFIS, Small EFIS, back up


instrument
• Colored EFIS
o Enigma/Voyager/Odyssey
 EFIS / EMS / NAVIGATOR
 bargraphs, digital readouts, horizons, HSIs, moving maps
 Voice prompts/alerts
 Engine Monitoring
 GPS moving map, map viewing, terrain warning
 Terrain awareness, radio interface
 Full screen HSI page with CDI, Glideslope
 HITS navigation, 3D Synthetic
 TSI, TCAS, autopilot, FLARM, PCAS,

Enigma 5.7” Display EFIS

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Voyager 8.4” display EFIS

Odyssey 10.4” Display EFIS

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Odyssey, Voyager, and Enigma

Odyssey in RV-7A installation

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Enigma Installation Panel

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• Monochrome EFIS
o Stratomaster Ultra Horizon XL
 EMS, Flight log, AHRS
 Basic system functions such as ASI, TAS digital, stopwatch,
Altitude, altimeter, attitude, turn, and slip indicators

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• MGL Avionics Small EFIS Stratomaster Series include the Extreme, E2 EMS,
Flight and UL
o Extreme Features
 ASI, Altitude, VSI, Flight duration, glide and climb ration
 Display Engine informations
 TAS, RDAC VD, Density Altimeter, automatic flight detection,
barometer and much more

Small EFIS—Extreme

Rotax 582 Display

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Company: OP Technologies
Type of Company: Private

Location: Beaverton, OR

Founded: Acquired in 2007 by Aerosonic corp.

Markets: Experimental and GA aircraft

Products: Flight Op series of cockpit display solutions for experimental


general aviation and the Integrated Avionics System (IAS) for
certified aircraft
• Flight Op EFIS
o For experimental aircrafts
o Combined PFD & MFD
o WAAS/GPS navigation system, HSI
o Airspeed Indicator
o Attitude Indicator with Synthetic Vision*
o Altitude Indicator
o Vertical Speed Indicator
o Glidescope Deviation Indicator
o Localizer Deviation Indicator
o Highway in the Sky (HITS) flight path display system
o Standard Rate of Turn Indicator
o Slip Indicator
o FMS, NAV/com radio, XM weather, EICAS

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Portrait Model Display Landscape Model Display

• Flight Op MFD
o Experimental aircrafts
o operates as a stand-alone display or as a complement to the Flight Op
EFIS
o FMS, XM weather, nav/com radio,
o HSI) features
 Color-coded Airspace
 Course Pointer
 Two Bearing Pointers
 Course Deviation Indicator
 Full-color Moving Map
 Graphical Terrain Warning
 Traffic Display
 Weather and Lightning Display
 Map De-clutter Functions

Portrait Model Display Landscape Model Display

• Op Integrated
o combines the Flight Op EFIS and MFD display units
o WAAS/GPS receiver, AHRS, ADC
o Four screen size and orientation options:
o 8.4" portrait or landscape
o 10.4" portrait or landscape

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o Single or dual:
o VOR/LOC/GS receivers
o Communication transceivers
o Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for redundancy
o Air Data Computers (ADC) for redundancy

Op Technologies Customer’s Panels

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Flight OP EFIS

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Company: Rockwell Collins
Type of Company: Public

Location: Headquarters in Cedar Rapid, Iowa

Founded: 1933

Company size: 20,000 Employees; $4.42 billion

Markets: Commercial systems


Military
Government systems
Ground & aircraft system

Products: PFD, MFD, EFB, HUP Systems, In-flight entertainment, other

EFIS Pro Line 21

• Commercial Aircraft
• Retrofit aircraft
• Electronic charts, graphical weather, CNS, NAV/ TWR-850/WXR-840/ Doppler
turbulence detection.
• Aircraft installed
o King Air, Challenger 300, Citation CJ4, Citation Encore +,
o Citation XLS+, Hawker 750 and 900XP.

NAV NAV-4000/4500/VIR-4000/ADF-4000 - Navigation Receivers

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FMS FMS 6000

• Integrated multi-sensor navigation


• Flight maintenance and execution
• Sensor control
• Multifunction Display (MFD) map support
• Steering/pitch commands to the flight control system.
• Aircraft installed
o Hawker 800XP
o Challenger 604/605
o Falcon 2000/2000EX, 50EX, 50 and 20 series aircraft
o Gulfstream G150/G200

Traffic Surveillance
• TCAS-4000- Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System

o Transmitter/reciever
o MFD, RA information, PFD,

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Company: Sagem Avionics Inc.
Type of Company: Public

Location: Texas division is in Grand Prairie, TX


Washington Division is in Puyallup, WA

Founded: Originally incorporated in 1989 as SFIM Inc.


Acquired by Sagem SA in 1999

Company size: 177 millions of dollars

Markets: Commercial aircraft

Products: Cockpits Displays System, Helicopters autopilots, satellite


communications, Flight data mangagement, flight controls, gyros,
navigagors, biometrics, and fuel computers

EFFIS
• SAGEM ICDS-10, ICDS-8, ICDS-6
o Functions MFD, PFD, ND, EMS, or combinations of all displays
o FAA TSOs, RTCA/DO-178B, RTCA/DO-160D
o Color active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD)
o CDU
o Features Optical compensation, anti-glare, full sunlight readability
o Panel mount, vertical or horizontal
o Indicators, situational awareness

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ICDS-10 10.4" Active Matrix LCD

ICDS-8 8.4" Active Matrix LCD

ICDS-6 6.4" Active Matrix LCD

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BELL 407 with integrated ICDS-10

BELL 206 with ICDS-10 applications

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BELL 206 Personal Aircraft

Eurocopter AS-350 with ICDS-8 application

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Company: Sandel
Type of Company: Private

Location: Headquarters - Vista, California


Product support – Charlotte, NC
Product support/sales – Concord Regional Airport, Concord, NC.

Founded: 1998

Markets: Compact integrated display systems for general aviation, business


aviation, air transport, and regional aircraft.

Products:
• SN4500 4-ATI Primary Navigation Display
o Upgradeable system combines navigation with traffic and weather
information
o Approved for use as a Primary Flight Display
o Designed for turbine powered fixed wing aircraft and helicopters
o Aircraft Installations
 Beechcraft King Air
 Cessna Citation II, Cessna Conquest
 King Air 100, King Air E90

• SA4550 4-ATI Primary Attitude Display


o Accepts input from existing sensors
o Standard ADI features

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 Flight director command bars
 Glidescope/localizer deviation scale
o Aircraft installations
 Cessna Citation II, Cessna Conquest
 King Air 200, King Air E90
 Sandel Avionics Citation S/II
 Beechcraft King Air

King Air E90 with SA4550 and SN4500

• SG102 AHRS
o Certified for primary heading reference
o Pitch and roll information for stabilization of other equipment
o Aircraft applications
 Fixed wing piston
 Fixed wing turbine
 Helicopters
• ST3400 3-ATI TAWS/RMI
o TAWS database and processor

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o RMI functionality
 Maps
 Nav waypoints
 TCAS data
o Aircraft Installations
 Boeing 737, Boeing 747
 Citation CJ-1
 Dassault Falcon 10, Dassault 50
 DeHavilland Twin Otter

ST3400 in a Citation CJ-1

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Company: Trutrak Flight Systems, Inc.
Type of Company: Private

Location: Springdale, AR

Markets: Experimental aircraft

Products: EFIS, other

EFIS/EFIS Autopilots
• EFIS SG
o analog scales of airspeed and altitude
o slip indicator
o HSI
o gyroscopic VSI
o labeled soft keys
o built-in autopilot
o sunlight readability

Trutrak EFIS screen displays options

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Front Mount EFIS Diagonal Corner EFIS

Avionics Stack EFIS

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Company: Universal Avionics System
Type of Company: Private

Locations: Headquarters in Tucson, Arizona.


Marketing Facilities in Tucson, AZ, Wichita, KS
Instrument Division in Duluth, GA

Founded: 1981

Company size: 570 employees

Markets: Business and commercial Aircraft and Retrofit Aircraft

Products:
• EFIS
o Vision 1
 STC and TSO approved
 Primary Flight Displays
 Multi Function Displays

• Flat Panel Integrated Displays


o EFI-890R

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 Displays Primary Flight Display (PFD) and Navigation Display
(ND) applications
 Can be used in both existing analog and digital systems
 Retrofit applications include:
• CL-600, Challenger CL-601-3A
• Citation 500 and Citation 650
• Pilatus PC-12
• King Air B300
• Falcon 10, 20, and 50 series Aircraft
• Boeing 737-300
• Gulfstream GIII

EFI-890R fit into a King Air B300.

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• MFD-640
o Displays Multiple flight data
 TAWS - Profile and 3D views
 Weather Radar and graphics
 Displays Flight Management System data
 Flight plan data
 NAV aids
 Monitor VOR bearing and DME distance
 TCAS

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• EFI-640/550
o 640
 6.4-inch diagonal display for ADI and HSI applications
o 550
 5.5-inch diagonal display for ADI and HSI applications

o WAAS FMS
 P-RNAV ready
 Required and Actual Navigation Performance (RNP/ANP)

o NAV
 ACU – Air Data Converter Unit
• Converts analog Air Data Inputs into digital format
o Altitude data
o Synchro heading data
o SAT and TAS to ARINC 429
o Compatible with UNS FMS and other
manufacturers FMS

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o
 GNSS-2400 Combined GPS / GLONASS Sensors
• Provides position data using US and Russian satellites
• Increased Satellite availability
• Better coverage available at equator and high latitudes


o TAWS Terrain Awareness and Warning System
 Hazard advisory
 Real-time graphical display of terrain
 Available for New and retrofit Aircraft

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