Avionics
Bendix/King aims at Garmin lead
After years of losing market share to cross-town rival Garmin, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division is fighting back with two all-new products for general avia

After years of losing market share to cross-town rival Garmin, Honeywell’s Bendix/King division is fighting back with two all-new products for general aviation.

The Bendix/King KSN 770, introduced at last month’s EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., is a panel-mount GPS WAAS navigator with integrated VHF navcom and VGA display that is reminiscent of Garmin’s popular GNS 430 and 530 yet stands on its own. Incorporating design features borrowed from the Honeywell Primus Epic avionics suite, the KSN 770 includes an INAV graphical flight planning interface and a joystick cursor controller. With it, users can click on a waypoint and drag it to a new location to modify a flight plan instead of delving into the flight-planning pages as they would using a traditional GPS receiver.