The biggest names in the avionics business have spent the last year preparing for the introduction of major upgrades to their existing integrated cockpits or developing entirely new avionics systems, all designed around the noble goals of improving flight efficiency and safety while serving as stepping stones to the so-called NextGen operating environment.
Honeywell is close to certifying significant upgrades for a number of its Primus Epic-based cockpits while Rockwell Collins continues to hone its new Pro Line Fusion avionics system. These two cockpits will battle for supremacy in nearly all new large-cabin business jets, but they could face competition from a number of industry upstarts that have their sights set on this market. Canada’s CMC Electronics, for one, has launched an initiative to develop FronTier, an integrated avionics system for Part 25 business jets and regional airliners. Garmin, meanwhile, is about to make a significant move up market with the certification of the G1000-based Prodigy cockpit in the Embraer Phenom 300, its third business jet to roll out of the factory with a standard suite of Garmin equipment.
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