Aspen Touts Open Architecture, New Partners and Product Pricing at Sun ’n Fun
The three-panel Aspen Avionics stack is installed in the AOPA Sweepstakes Bonanza, on site at the AOPA tent at Sun 'n Fun 2013. (Photo: Amy Laboda)
The three-panel Aspen Avionics stack is installed in the AOPA Sweepstakes Bonanza, on site at the AOPA tent at Sun 'n Fun 2013. (Photo: Amy Laboda)

The message from New Mexico-based Aspen Avionics (Booth B-078) delivered by v-p of marketing Brad Hayden was loud and clear: there is no longer a reason for closed architecture in the interconnection and data sync of avionics in certified aircraft cockpits. “Aspen’s Connected Panel technology is certified, and it allows our panel-mounted equipment to exchange data with non-TSO’d equipment such as iPads and tablets. Our products synchronize data with other’s autopilots and radios,” he said. “Any decision to keep an avionics product line as a closed system today is strictly a business decision.”