CommercialGarmin Family Gets Sweeping Updates Garmin Internationa is upgrading its GTN 650/750 touchscreen navigators, G500 TXi/G600 TXi and G500/G600 flight displays; GFC 500 and 600 autopilots; and G5 electronic flight instrument. “We are committed to providing pilots…
CommercialGarmin Debuts New Weather Radar for Planes, Helicopters Garmin International has introduced its new GWX 75 Doppler weather radar. It is intended for a wide range of aircraft, with a GWX 75H helicopter version also available. Optional features such as turbulence…
Embedded AvionicsFirst Supersonic Fighters Get Garmin G3000 Flight Deck Upgrade Defense Contractor Tactical Air Support (TacAir) has selected flight deck featuring a Garmin G3000 flight display and dual touchscreen monitors to update its supersonic Northrop F-5 light fighters. Garmin said that initial…
Embedded AvionicsGarmin Works Weather Information Into Pilot App for Apple Garmin has updated its Garmin Pilot app for Apple devices. Update 9.3 includes a number of enhancements, focusing on weather and airspace alerting. Following is a list of updates: When viewing the…
Business & GABoeing Adds Wireless to Jeppessen with Bad Elf's Wombat Jeppesen customers will no longer need to update data cards offsite and away from their planes thanks to a partnership between Boeing and Bad Elf. Boeing also introduced a new mobile version…
ConnectivityGarmin Grows Connext Connectivity Ecosystem with App Garmin is working to bulk up its connectivity ecosystem with the FltPln.com website and FltPlan Go phone app aiming to be a full-service solution for pilots. Garmin said that the new app…
Business & GAGarmin Aims to Ease Pilot Burden with GFC 600H Flight Control System Garmin has released an attitude-based flight control system that can function both on its own or in conjunction with G500H and G500H TXi displays and tools. The system, the GFC 600H, will…
Military‘Dragon Lady’ Pilots Get Wrist-Mounted Nav by Garmin The U.S. Air Force has selected the Garmin D2 Charlie watch for inclusion in the toolkits of Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” reconnaissance aircraft pilots. The D2 Charlie features GPS and wide-area augmentation…
MilitaryCan This Garmin Cockpit Defend Ballistic Missile Fields? For a while, Sikorsky and its HH-60U Black Hawk, and the Boeing/Leonardo team with its MH-139, have been at the forefront of the U.S. Air Force’s UH-1N replacement competition. But as the…
Business & GAGarmin to Offer New App Capabilities for Android, iOS, Fixed-Wing Aircraft, Helicopters Garmin now offers multiple new capabilities for its Garmin Pilot apps for Apple and Android devices, the company said. These updates are expected to be available in the newest release of Garmin…