BendixKing unveils AeroVue Touch
New integrated flight deck targets Part 23
BendixKing unveiled its new AeroVue Touch Integrated Flight Deck at the 2019 Aero Friedrichshafen trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The advanced Class III cockpit system includes three smart, high-resolution touch-screen displays that incorporate all required functions into a lightweight, panel-mounted flight deck. Introductory pricing for the system starts at $99,000. BendixKing is a business unit of Honeywell.
Easily customizable, the company said the AeroVue Touch system allows aircraft manufacturers to create their own unique interface that displays a variety of information applicable to a range of aircraft, including electric aircraft and future vehicles designed to provide urban air mobility. With a $99,000 price for a complete system, the company said that it is redefining affordability for Class III cockpits.
AOPA took a brief test flight of the AeroVue Touch technology, installed in a Beechcraft King Air, during EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh last summer.
AeroVue Touch employs smart display technology that eliminates multiple, separate computing modules by including the electronics in the display itself, the company said—and eliminates the need for all legacy mechanical equipment. This reduces the system’s weight by 30 to 50 percent, lowering the cost of aircraft ownership by reducing fuel consumption and increasing range.
“We’re taking a very different technical approach with the AeroVue Touch Integrated Flight Deck,” said Gregg Cohen, BendixKing president. “Using smart displays as the basis of our system architecture enables us to create the best possible advanced solution while reducing complexity, weight and cost.”
The new flight deck includes three smart displays. Each can be used independently to fly the aircraft, increasing reliability and safety by providing double and triple redundancy. This eliminates the need for complicated electronics buses and wiring, and means additional standby equipment isn’t required—helping to further reduce system weight and installation costs.
The AeroVue Touch Integrated Flight Deck is now available as an upgrade to operators of Part 23 Class III aircraft and as a forward fit to aircraft manufacturers. BendixKing said that it is working to install this system on various Class III aircraft, with the first installation to be completed by the end of 2019.
The AeroVue Touch Integrated Flight Deck is on display in Hall A3, booth No. A3-404 at Aero Friedrichshafen. More information is available on the BendixKing website.
