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Universal Avionics All In on Artificial Intelligence

Advancements promise to make pilots' jobs easier and safer

Universal Avionics’ AI-based system — Universal Avionics’ AI-based system can capture air traffic controller calls to its aircraft and give pilots helpful information based on those calls.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

October 22, 2024

After Universal Avionics solicited creative solutions from employees on implementing artificial intelligence (AI) during its 2023 Grand Challenge, the company’s first products featuring AI technology are coming to fruition.

This week at NBAA-BACE 2024, Universal is demonstrating one of the concepts that resulted from the Grand Challenge—an AI-driven system that uses external camera inputs, audio capture, and ADS-B In information to paint a picture for the pilot of the situation at the airport while taxiing. The AI system taps into Universal’s FAA-certified Aperture visual management system, which delivers video inputs and imagery to flight deck displays and head-up displays (HUDs), including Universal’s SkyLens head-wearable display (HWD).

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