Avionics
Garmin Unveils New Weather Radar
Doppler-based GWX 80

Garmin (Booth C12412) has introduced a new weather radar that incorporates automated atmospheric threat assessment. The Doppler-based GWX 80 also features automatic 3D volumetric scanning, predictive wind-shear detection, hail and lightning prediction and advanced ground-clutter suppression. It will be available for business, commercial and military aircraft and has already been selected by Textron Aviation for its Cessna Citation Longitude. Garmin expects to receive TSO approval by the end of 2017.